Scanning through space and time: past, present, and future of time-resolved scanning transmission soft X-ray microscopy
Abstract
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 possibility of combining nanometric resolution imaging with sub-nanosecond temporal resolutions. Amongst the ensemble of time-resolved microscopy techniques, time-resolved scanning transmission X-ray microscopy has been, since its inception in 2006, extensively utilized for the study of magneto-dynamical processes. In this review, an overview of the concept and experimental implementations of the pump-probe protocol in time-resolved scanning transmission X-ray microscopy imaging will be presented together with some examples of recent applications of the technique. Possible future developments aimed at meeting the new opportunities and challenges offered by the upgrade of synchrotrons to diffraction limited lightsources will also be discussed.
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BibTeX
@misc{finizio2026scanning,
title = {{Scanning through space and time: past, present, and future of time-resolved scanning transmission soft X-ray microscopy}},
author = {Simone Finizio and Tim A. Butcher and Sebastian Wintz and Markus Weigand and Jörg Raabe},
howpublished = {arXiv},
year = {2026},
month = may,
doi = {10.48550/arxiv.2605.17210},
eprint = {2605.17210},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.17210},
}
RIS
TY - UNPB
TI - Scanning through space and time: past, present, and future of time-resolved scanning transmission soft X-ray microscopy
AU - Simone Finizio
AU - Tim A. Butcher
AU - Sebastian Wintz
AU - Markus Weigand
AU - Jörg Raabe
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/05/17
PB - arXiv
DO - 10.48550/arxiv.2605.17210
UR - https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.17210
AB - 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 possibility of combining nanometric resolution imaging with sub-nanosecond temporal resolutions. Amongst the ensemble of time-resolved microscopy techniques, time-resolved scanning transmission X-ray microscopy has been, since its inception in 2006, extensively utilized for the study of magneto-dynamical processes. In this review, an overview of the concept and experimental implementations of the pump-probe protocol in time-resolved scanning transmission X-ray microscopy imaging will be presented together with some examples of recent applications of the technique. Possible future developments aimed at meeting the new opportunities and challenges offered by the upgrade of synchrotrons to diffraction limited lightsources will also be discussed.
ER -