X Ray Spectroscopy With Synchrotron Radiation

Synchrotron radiation has been a revolutionary and invaluable research tool for a wide range of scientists, including chemists, biologists, physicists, materials scientists, geophysicists. It has also found multidisciplinary applications with problems ranging from archeology through cultural heritage to paleontology.

This thesis presents research on novel laboratory-scale synchrotron X-ray sources based on inverse Compton scattering and applications of their X-ray radiation using the Munich Compact Light Source (MuCLS) as an example. It provides an introduction to the theory of this laser-electron interaction, laser resonators and X-ray interactions with matter.

Spectroscopic methods have opened up a new horizon in our knowledge of solid-state materials. Numerous techniques using electromagnetic radiation or charged and neutral particles have been invented and worked out to a high level in order to provide more detailed information on the solids.

The general aim of this volume is providing a concise overview of the opportunities disclosed by these two experimental methods, providing some guidance for scientists picking up this field and, hopefully, inspiring more mature scientists towards the achievement of new advances in this area.

In this book, the results of some outstanding researches on synchrotron-based characterization of nanostructured materials related to energy applications are presented.

In this book, the readers will find chapters exposing them to different, useful applications of synchrotron radiation in various fields of physics, archeology, and biosciences. The authors have successfully tried to convey their ideas in a very simple text. It will be useful for both the novice and those who are currently doing research in this field.