• Monney Claude
• Patthey Luc

• Monney Claude
• Patthey Luc

Introduction to timescales and dynamics in solids
Basics of femtosecond lasers and pump-probe technique
Angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES) and the spectral function
Time-resolved ARPES
Out-of-equilibrium phenomena at surfaces
Orbital tomography and ARPES
Ultrafast dynamics of charge, spin and lattice degrees of freedom
Core-level spectroscopies: XPS, RIXS, XAS and XES
The physics at X-ray free electron lasers and short wavelengths
Time-resolved X-ray spectroscopies
X-ray diffraction for the atomic structure
Time-resolved XRD

This lecture gives an introduction on the relevant timescales in the dynamics of solids and their application.
It focuses on ultrafast phenomena from picoseconds to femtoseconds, which are relevant for modern physics.
It combines the explanation of fundamental concepts with brief descriptions of the relevant experimental techniques using ultrashort photon pulses ranging from optical lasers to x-ray sources.
Topics like pump-probe state-of-the-art photoemission, x-ray spectroscopies and x-ray diffraction are addressed.

Very high resolution photoelectron spectroscopy, S. Huefner, Springer Lecture Notes in Physics, 2007.

Dynamics at Solid State Surfaces and Interfaces, U. Bovensiepen, H. Petek and M. Wolf, Wiley, 2012.

X-Ray Free Electron Lasers: Applications in Materials, Chemistry and Biology
Editors: Uwe Bergmann, Vittal Yachandra, Junko Yano, Royal Society of Chemistry (2017)