Claudio Pellegrini discusses the physical principles and main characteristics of X-ray Free Electron Lasers. Talk given on June 16, 2014.

Pieter Glatzel from ESRF Grenoble discusses the interaction of X-rays with matter, X-ray emission spectroscopy, and resonant inelastic X-ray scattering. Talk originally given on June 16, 2014 during the Ultrafast X-ray Summer Seminar (UXSS 2014) at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory.

Michael Odelius from the University of Stockholm discusses the electronic structure and ultra-fast solution dynamics seen with X-ray vision through theoretical spectacles. Talk originally given on June 19, 2014 during the Ultrafast X-ray Summer Seminar (UXSS 2014) at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory.

Oleg Shpyrko from UC San Diego discusses coherent X-ray scattering at ultrafast timescales. Talk originally given on June 18, 2014 during the Ultrafast X-ray Summer Seminar held at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory.

Alexander Föhlisch from Helmholtz Zentrum Berlin discusses soft x-ray general and solid state aspects during the 2014 Ultrafast X-ray Summer Seminar at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. Talk was given on June 18, 2014.

Philippe Wernet from Helmholtz Zentrum Berlin discusses ultrafast molecular spectroscopy with X-rays. Talk originally given on June 19, 2014 during the Ultrafast X-ray Summer Seminar held at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory.

(October 3, 2012) John Popie looks at small-angle X-ray scattering and helps the audience understand when this technique might be useful to one's research.

(October 3, 2012) Yijin Liu talks about X-ray imaging that is now being done on very small scales to better understand three dimensional structures.

(October 3, 2012) John Bargar discusses why X-ray absorption technology is so valuable in terms of analysis of structure, reaction dynamics, and many other properties.

(October 3, 2012) Apurva Mehta looks at how some of the basics of research structure and design that can be applied when using the synchrotron. He keeps his discussion very high level, working to give more intuition to the understanding of the synchrotron.

(October 3, 2012) Uwe Bergmann gives a bit of an overview about how some of these technologies are being used to conduct groundbreaking research.

(October 3, 2012) Joshua Turner talks about moving to the LCLS and discusses some of the basics about the technology behind the revolutionary facility.

(October 3, 2012) Sarah Hayes talks about how those approved for beam time can move around some of the red tape that is involved in the research process.

(October 3, 2012) Cathy Knotts talks about the process through which individual researchers can submit proposals and work to get beam time at LCLS.

(October 3, 2012) Serena Debeer gives a presentation about how you can write the best and most effective proposal. A good proposal will be necessary to securing synchrotron time for your project.

(October 3, 2012) Sarah Hayes and Sam Webb gives some insight to the audience about how you can get started in your research involving SLAC and the technologies that come with it.

(July 5, 2012) Anders Nilsson (SLAC Nat Acc Lab) discusses the basic ideas behind catalysis. He explains how useful catalysts are and attempts to introduce the field of Femtochemistry. Nilsson then highlights its benefits and illustrates how Femtochemistry is conducted in his lab.

(June 21, 2012) Bob Nagler discusses the definition of "extreme" conditions, how certain matter acts under these circumstances, the experiments making progress in this field, and why X-ray Free-Electron Lasers (XFEL) are such a valuable tool in studying this.

(June 21, 2012) Theo Rasing talks about light and how it can be utilized to manipulate and control magnetism. He describes the steps needed to gain optical control of magnetism and discusses how light can reverse magnetization.

(June 20, 2012) Aaron Lindenberg examines terahertz fields and the possibilities of combining them with X-rays and using these pulses to engineer and enhance the functional properties of materials.

(June 20, 2012) John Hill discusses ultrafast studies of strongly correlated electron systems in elements, why they are important, and the motivation for running ultrafast experiments using the Linear Coherent Light Source at SLAC.

(June 19th, 2012) David Reis talks about Phonon spectroscopy and its utilization of X-rays. He explains what Phonons are and discusses how they can be visualized after interacting with X-rays.

(June 19, 2012) Henry Chapman talks about how diffractive imaging using crystals and X-ray free-electron lasers helps produce higher resolution images of molecular protein structures.

(June 19, 2012) Nina Rohringer discusses recent research as she describes how SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory's Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS) was used to ultimately pump an atomic X-ray laser.

(June 18, 2012) Marcin Sikorski talks about the usefulness of X-Ray Photon Correlation Spectroscopy in material science research, gives a brief history of X-Ray sources, discusses examples from his research, and talks about the new capabilities and science areas opened up to experiment with X-Ray Photon Correlation Spectroscopy at SLAC.