New and extremely brilliant X-ray sources are already in operation and are currently being built on the DESY site in Hamburg. These world class facilities offer new and exciting opportunities in the field of X-ray science. The work of our group aims to exploit and develop new experimental methods to utilize the unique coherence properties of these sources, their timing structure and their micro-focusing capabilities.

In our group we are interested in the development and the application of Coherent X-ray Diffractive Imaging methods for imaging nano-systems such as nano-islands, quantum dots, and biological samples. As we require sources of coherent radiation, we are currently using 3rd generation synchrotron sources and the first XUV Free Electron Laser FLASH here in Hamburg.