Elettra-Sincrotrone Trieste: present and future

Abstract

We present an overview of the Elettra-Sincrotrone Trieste research center, which hosts synchrotron and free-electron laser light sources. We review the current status, provide examples of recent achievements in basic and applied research and discuss the upgrade programs of the facility.

Implication of the double-gating mode in a hybrid photon counting detector for measurements of transient heat conduction in GaAs/AlAs superlattice structures

“…Our current findings suggest that ultrafast experiments at subpicosecond/picosecond timescales have to be performed in order to complete a full picture of dynamical response of optically excited GaAs/AlAs SL structures. However, for timescales above 100 ps the pump-probe setup implemented at the Austrian SAXS beamline at Elettra-Sincrotrone Trieste demonstrates a high potential, which will be enhanced by reducing the X-ray pulse width with the Elettra 2.0 upgrade (Franciosi & Kiskinova, 2023).…”

An innovative in situ AFM system for a soft X-ray spectromicroscopy synchrotron beamline

“…Mechanical improvements are mainly related to the long arm (Fig. 2d) acting as the cantilever holder, which will be shortened and equipped with custom damping in the frame of the end-station upgrade that is foreseen for the TwinMic microscope: with the Elettra Synchrotron Upgrade program, namely Elettra 2.0, 46 the two-chamber setup will indeed be replaced with a single one. This will allow access to the sample from almost all sides and thus permit the insertion and retraction of different detector systems, making the end-station more flexible and more suitable for implementing innovative imaging capabilities.…”