Monographic Lecture 390-FS2-2PMD

Topics discussed at the lectures:
1. Electromagnetic radiation as a research tool
2. Methods of accelerating charged particles
3. Fundamentals of synchrotron beam physics
4. Free electron laser
5. Basic synchrotron techniques used in condensed matter analysis
6. Fundamentals of X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy (XAS)
7. X-ray absorption near edge structure (XANES)
8. Extended X-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS)
9. The importance of temperature in the analysis of absorption data
10. XAS data analysis methods
11. Fundamentals of X-Ray Emission Spectroscopy (XES)
12. Rowland circle geometry
13. The role of the analyzer in XES measurements
14. XES raw data processing methods
15. Application of XES measurements in condensed matter analysis

Basic literature:
1. Scott Calvin – „XAFS for everyone”, CRC Press, 2013.
2. Grant Bunker – „Introduction to XAFS”, Cambridge University Press, 2010.

Supplementary literature:
1. Giorgio Margaritondo – „Elements of synchrotron light: for biology, chemistry, and medical research”, Oxford University Press, 2002.
2. Andrzej Andrejczuk – „Intensywne promieniowanie X, źródła, optyka i niektóre zastosowania”, Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu w Białymstoku, 2010. (In Polish)
3. References given during the lecture.
4. Internet resources.