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Publications (14)

physics.ins-det2026

Scanning through space and time: past, present, and future of time-resolved scanning transmission soft X-ray microscopy

Simone Finizio, Tim A. Butcher, Sebastian Wintz +2

Time-resolved microscopy with the pump-probe protocol is one of the most important techniques for the investigation of dynamical processes at the nanoscale, thanks to the possibili…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2024

Ptychographic nanoscale imaging of the magnetoelectric coupling in freestanding BiFeO

Tim A. Butcher, Nicholas W. Phillips, Chun-Chien Chiu +14

Understanding the magnetic and ferroelectric ordering of magnetoelectric multiferroic materials at the nanoscale necessitates a versatile imaging method with high spatial resolutio…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2026

Topological spin-texture transitions in van der Waals magnets revealed by X-ray Fourier transform holography

Sourav Chowdhury, Soumyaranjan Dash, Michael Schneider +14

Nontrivial topological spin-textures, such as skyrmions, merons, bimerons, and skyrmioniums, are envisioned as robust building blocks for future memory and logic devices. Controlla…

physics.ins-det2025

Single-photon counting pixel detector for soft X-rays

Filippo Baruffaldi, Anna Bergamaschi, Maurizio Boscardin +14

Soft X-ray experiments at synchrotron light sources are essential for a wide range of research fields. However, commercially available detectors for this energy range often cannot…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2025

Nanoscale Domain Wall Dynamics in Micromagnetic Structures with Weak Perpendicular Anisotropy

Tim A. Butcher, Nicholas W. Phillips, Abraham L. Levitan +4

Time-resolved pump-probe soft X-ray ptychography and Scanning Transmission X-ray Microscopy (STXM) were employed to study the magnetic domain wall dynamics in microstructures of pe…

physics.app-ph2020

Neutron imaging of liquid-liquid systems containing paramagnetic salt solutions

Tim A. Butcher, G. J. M. Formon, P. Dunne +4

The method of neutron imaging was adopted to map the concentration evolution of aqueous paramagnetic Gd(NO3)3 solutions. Magnetic manipulation of the paramagnetic liquid within a m…