Relevant recent publications:
A.E. Mazzarone, C. Grova, N. Giani, N. et al. "A quantitative framework for ultrafast ptychography through digital twin control of extreme-ultraviolet beams". Commun Phys (2026)
P. Miedaner, A.A. Maznev and C. Svetina et al. "Spin waves excited by hard x-ray transient gratings", Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 176701 (2026)
Miedaner, P. R., Maznev, A. A. and C. Svetina et al. ; Spin Waves Excited by Hard X-Ray Transient Gratings. Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 176701, 2026 (DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/zybx-dqfc)
S. H. Mejias, R. Mincigrucci, A. Beratto-Ramos, C. Svetina, A. L. Cortajarena, C. Masciovecchio; A new route for the determination of protein structure and function. AIP Advances 15 (8): 085205, 2025 ( https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0214579)
Goloborodko, A., Serrat, C. and Svetina, C. Theory and simulation of far field diffraction patterns in Talbot-based transient grating spectroscopy at X-ray free electron lasers. Sci Rep 15, 27021, 2025 ( https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-11515-8)
Ferrari, E., Ueda, H., Fainozzi, D. and C. Svetina et al. All hard X-ray transient grating spectroscopy. Commun Phys 8, 257, 2025 ( https://doi.org/10.1038/s42005-025-02178-y)
M. Beye et al. J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 58 070201, 2025 (DOI 10.1088/1361-6455/adc523)S. H. Mejias, R. Mincigrucci, A. Beratto-Ramos, C. Svetina, A. L. Cortajarena, C. Masciovecchio; A new route for the determination of protein structure and function. AIP Advances 15 (8): 085205 (2025)
A. Goloborodko, C. Serrat and C. Svetina "Theory and simulation of far field diffraction patterns in Talbot-based transient grating spectroscopy at X-ray free electron lasers", Sci Rep 15, 27021 (2025)
E. Ferrari, H. Ueda, D. Fainozzi and C. Svetina et al. "All hard X-ray transient grating spectroscopy", Commun Phys 8, 257 (2025)D. Fainozzi and C. Svetina et al. "Protocols for x-ray transient grating pump/optical probe experiments at X-ray FELs", J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 57 185403 (2024)
E. Principi, C. Svetina, D. De Angelis, C. Fava and C. Masciovecchio et al. "A versatile wide energy range spectrometer for soft X-ray FELs", NIM-A 1058, 168856 (2024)
D. Fainozzi et al. J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 57 185403, 2024 (DOI 10.1088/1361-6455/ad717f)E. Principi, C. Svetina et al. A versatile wide energy range spectrometer for soft X-ray FELs. NIM-A 1058, 168856, 2024 ( https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2023.168856)
Cover page (online) of Commun Phys 8, 257, 2025
Victor Ukleev, Ludmila Leroy, Riccardo Mincigrucci, Dario De Angelis, Danny Fainozzi, Nupur Ninad Khatu, Ettore Paltanin, Laura Foglia, Filippo Bencivenga, Chen Luo, Florian Ruske, Florin Radu, Cristian Svetina, Urs Staub; Transient grating spectroscopy on a DyCo5 thin film with femtosecond extreme ultraviolet pulses. Struct. Dyn. 1 March 2024; 11 (2): 025101. https://doi.org/10.1063/4.0000223
M. Beye, M. Chergui, C. Masciovecchio and C. Svetina; Non-linear X-ray Science. Europhysics News 54/5,, 39–41 (2023). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epn/2023512
Ueda, Hiroki and Mankowsky, Roman and Paris, Eugenio and Sander, Mathias and Deng, Yunpei and Liu, Biaolong and Leroy, Ludmila and Nag, Abhishek and Skoropata, Elizabeth and Wang, Chennan and Ukleev, Victor and Perren, Gérard Sylvester and Dössegger, Janine and Gurung, Sabina and Svetina, Cristian and Abreu, Elsa and Savoini, Matteo and Kimura, Tsuyoshi and Patthey, Luc and Razzoli, Elia and Lemke, Henrik Till and Johnson, Steven Lee and Staub, Urs, Non-equilibrium dynamics of spin-lattice coupling, Nat Commun 14, 7778 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-43581-9
Emiliano Principi, Cristian Svetina, Dario De Angelis, Claudio Fava, Riccardo Mincigrucci, Laura Foglia, Alberto Simoncig, Michele Manfredda, Nicola Mahne, Riccardo Gobessi, Martin Scarcia, Alessandro Gessini, Filippo Bencivenga, Flavio Capotondi, Marco Zangrando, Claudio Masciovecchio. A versatile wide energy range spectrometer for soft X-ray FELs. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, 168856 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2023.168856
R. Mincigrucci, A. Cannizzo, F. Capotondi, P. Cinquegrana, R. Cucini, F. Dallari, M. B. Danailov, G. De Ninno, S. Di Mitri, T. Feurer, L. Foglia, H.-M. Frei, M. Manfredda, A. A. Maznev, G. Monaco, D. Naumenko, I. Nikolov, Z. Ollmann, E. Paltanin, G. Pamfilidis, E. Pedersoli, E. Principi, J. Rehault, A. Simoncig, C. Svetina, G. Knopp, C. Masciovecchio, and F. Bencivenga, "Noncollinear, inelastic four-wave mixing in the extreme ultraviolet," Optica 10, 1383-1388 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1364/OPTICA.497745
Chergui, M., Beye, M., Mukamel, S. et al. Progress and prospects in nonlinear extreme-ultraviolet and X-ray optics and spectroscopy. Nat Rev Phys 5, 578–596 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s42254-023-00643-7
Dario De Angelis, Emiliano Principi, Filippo Bencivenga, Daniele Fausti, Laura Foglia, Yishay Klein, Michele Manfredda, Riccardo Mincigrucci, Angela Montanaro, Emanuele Pedersoli, Jacopo Stefano Pelli Cresi, Giovanni Perosa, Kevin C. Prince, Elia Razzoli, Sharon Shwartz, Alberto Simoncig, Simone Spampinati, Cristian Svetina, Jakub Szlachetko, Alok Tripathi, Ivan A. Vartanyants, Marco Zangrando, and Flavio Capotondi, "Free electron laser stochastic spectroscopy revealing silicon bond softening dynamics". Phys. Rev. B 107, 214305 (2023) https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.107.214305
V. Ukleev, M. Burian, S. Gliga, C. Vaz, B. Rösner, D. Fainozzi, G. Seniutinas, A. Kubec, R. Mankowsky, H.T Lemke, E.R. Rosenberg, C.A. Ross, E. Müller, C. David, C. Svetina and U. Staub, “Effect of intense x-ray free-electron laser transient gratings on the magnetic domain structure of Tm:YIG”, Journal of Applied Physics 133, 123902 (2023) https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0119241
Rouxel, Jérémy R. and Rösner, Benedikt and Karpov, Dmitry and Bacellar, Camila and Mancini, Giulia F. and Zinna, Francesco and Kinschel, Dominik and Cannelli, Oliviero and Oppermann, Malte and Svetina, Cris and Diaz, Ana and Lacour, Jérôme and David, Christian and Chergui, Majed, "Hard X-ray helical dichroism of disordered molecular media”, Nat. Photon. 16, 570–574 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41566-022-01022-x
J.R. Rouxel, D. Fainozzi, R. Mankowsky, B. Rösner, G. Seniutinas, R. Mincigrucci, S. Catalini, L. Foglia, R. Cucini, F. Döring, A. Kubec, F. Koch, F. Bencivenga, A. Al Haddad, A. Gessini, A.A. Maznev, C. Cirelli, S. Gerber, B. Pedrini, G.F. Mancini, E. Razzoli, M. Burian, H. Ueda, G. Pamfilidis, E. Ferrari, Y. Deng, A. Mozzanica, P. Johnson, D. Ozerov, M.G. Izzo, C. Bottari, C. Arrell, E.J. Divall, S. Zerdane, M. Sander, G. Knopp, P. Beaud, H.T. Lemke, C.J. Milne, C. David, R. Torre, M. Chergui, K.A. Nelson, C. Masciovecchio, U. Staub, L. Patthey and C. Svetina, “Hard X-ray Transient Grating Spectroscopy on Bismuth Germanate”, Nat. Photon. 15, 499–503 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41566-021-00797-9
C. Svetina, R. Mankowsky, , G. Knopp, F. Koch, G. Seniutinas, B. Rösner, A. Kubec, M. Lebugle, I. Mochi, M. Beck, C. Cirelli, J. Krempasky, C. Pradervand, J. Rouxel, G. Mancini, S. Zerdane, B. Pedrini, V. Esposito, G. Ingold, U. Wagner, U. Flechsig, R. Follath, M. Chergui, C. Milne, H. Lemke, C. David, P. Beaud, "Towards X-ray transient grating spectroscopy," Opt. Lett. 44, 574-577 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.44.000574
F. Bencivenga, R. Cucini, F. Capotondi, A. Battistoni, R. Mincigrucci, E. Giangrisostomi, A. Gessini, M. Manfredda, I.P. Nikolov, E. Pedersoli, E. Principi, C. Svetina*, Parisse, P., Casolari, F., Danailov, M. B., Kiskinova, M. and Masciovecchio, C., “Four-wave mixing experiments with extreme ultraviolet transient gratings”, Nature 520, 205–208 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature14341