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Pfeiffer Vacuum expert honoured for X-ray laser innovation
X-ray laser research has advanced the analysis of compound semiconductors and many other materials
Christoph Bostedt has been awarded the Röntgen Prize of the Justus-Liebig University of Gieß
Third from right is Christoph Bostedt
For over fifty years, Pfeiffer Vacuum, together with the Erich-Pfeiffer Foundation and the Ludwig-Schunk Foundation, has sponsored the Röntgen Prize for young scientists in the field of radiation physics.
Manufacturing processes for solar cells, semiconductors and DVDs are a few examples of applications for vacuum technology.
Vacuum plays a major role in research & development and environmental technology, as well as in the analytical and automotive industries. It is also used in MOCVD growth.
Bostedt is currently a researcher at Stanford Linear Accelerator Laboratory in the USA, where he is a team leader in the Linear Coherent Light Source (LCLS) in the field of nuclear and molecular physics.
Bostedt was awarded the Röntgen Prize for his research in innovative X-ray lasers. His work with the free-electron lasers FLASH and LCLS is especially highlighted. He was able to also take advantage of vacuum solutions by Pfeiffer Vacuum in his scientific work.
X-ray lasers, which are much brighter and have a much shorter pulse duration than other sources, have opened up a large range of new experiments. They also have a high repetition rate.
This has created a very large volume of experimental data from such sources. For example the CXI beamline at LCLS can produce ten times more data than the ATLAS detector at LHC during one year of continuous operation.
The tiny wavelength of X-rays allows us resolve the arrangement of atoms in many materials such as compound semiconductors.
Pfeiffer Vacuum provides hybrid and magnetically levitated turbopumps. The firm's product portfolio comprises backing pumps, measurement and analysis devices, components as well as vacuum chambers and systems.
Third from right is Christoph Bostedt
For over fifty years, Pfeiffer Vacuum, together with the Erich-Pfeiffer Foundation and the Ludwig-Schunk Foundation, has sponsored the Röntgen Prize for young scientists in the field of radiation physics.
Manufacturing processes for solar cells, semiconductors and DVDs are a few examples of applications for vacuum technology.
Vacuum plays a major role in research & development and environmental technology, as well as in the analytical and automotive industries. It is also used in MOCVD growth.
Bostedt is currently a researcher at Stanford Linear Accelerator Laboratory in the USA, where he is a team leader in the Linear Coherent Light Source (LCLS) in the field of nuclear and molecular physics.
Bostedt was awarded the Röntgen Prize for his research in innovative X-ray lasers. His work with the free-electron lasers FLASH and LCLS is especially highlighted. He was able to also take advantage of vacuum solutions by Pfeiffer Vacuum in his scientific work.
X-ray lasers, which are much brighter and have a much shorter pulse duration than other sources, have opened up a large range of new experiments. They also have a high repetition rate.
This has created a very large volume of experimental data from such sources. For example the CXI beamline at LCLS can produce ten times more data than the ATLAS detector at LHC during one year of continuous operation.
The tiny wavelength of X-rays allows us resolve the arrangement of atoms in many materials such as compound semiconductors.
Pfeiffer Vacuum provides hybrid and magnetically levitated turbopumps. The firm's product portfolio comprises backing pumps, measurement and analysis devices, components as well as vacuum chambers and systems.
