Rapidly switching the helicity of polarised x-rays is desirable for studying magnetic dynamics via circular dichroism spectroscopy, but has not yet been realised from synchrotron radiation sources. Here, switching between ultrafast emission of monoenergetic, circularly polarized x-rays with opposite helicity is shown within a few nanoseconds.
- Karsten Holldack
- Christian Schüssler-Langeheine
- Johannes Bahrdt
