Welcome to Elettra Crowd!

Winter is well in progress on the northern hemisphere, and Trieste is certainly feeling it. Nevertheless, Elettra keeps ticking like in all other seasons. In this issue, you will find exciting news on the inauguration of core parts of the European Spallation Source, which found participation from the highest circles of power, as well as some words on the latest Elettra Users' Meeting focused on the synchrotron upgrades taking place all over the world. Last but not least, take a look at our research highlights!
We look forward to seeing you with us here at Elettra! 

                     The Elettra Crowd team

Research Highlights

	When is a laser a real laser Scientists demonstated that FERMI is not only first order, but also second order coherent, thus satisfying Nobel laureate Glauber`s definition of laser. Nature Communications 9, 4498 (2018) Read more...
	Ferroelectric control of the spin texture Ferroelectric control of the Rashba spin texture in GeTe has been probed by spin and angular resolved photoemission spectroscopy. Nano Letters 18, 2751 (2018) Read more...
	Single-shot diffractive fluence mapping for x-ray FEL pulses A new and flexible solution for true in-situ fluence monitoring on solid samples has been demonstrated in transmission-type diffraction experiments. Nature Communications  9, 214 (2018) Read more...
	Doped epitaxial graphene close to the Lifshitz transition At the record charge carrier concentration the Fermi surface of graphene is at the onset of a Lifshitz transition. Nano Letters 18, 6045 (2018) Read more...