Beamlines

Below is an overview of current capabilities and areas of application.

 

Port Short Name Full Name Energy Range Techniques and Instruments Operator
1B DPC Diagnostic Pinhole Camera      
3A1 WS-DCM Wavelength Shifter (WS) Double-Crystal Monochromator for X-ray Diffraction & Powder Diffraction 7–18 keV XAS transmission
Fluorescence
Electron yield
XANES
EXAFS
Amitava Roy
3A2 WS-XRD WS X-ray Diffraction 7–18 keV Huber four-circle goniometer Amitava Roy
3A3 WS-SAXS WS Small Angle X-ray Scattering 11.9 keV XENOCS 
SAXS-WAXS-GISAXS
Miriam Siebenbuerger
4A VLSPGM Variable-Line-Spaced Plane Grating Monochromator 200 eV–1.2 keV  NEXAFS
XAS
SR-XPS
Orhan Kizilkaya 
4B 5-m TGM 5-meter Toroidal Grating Monochromator 20–300 eV Omicron 150 mm
LEED
Film prep
Surface science
Orhan Kizilkaya 
5A1 MPW-Biomed-Tomo Multipole Wiggler 35–60 keV Biomedicine
Tomography (2.5µm)
X-ray phase contrast imaging
Cell irradiation
Kyungmin Ham 
5A2 MPW-PwX Multipole Wiggler Probe with X-rays 7–15 keV XANES
XRD
Amitava Roy
5A3 MPW-HEXAS Multipole Wiggler High-Energy X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy 4.5–25 keV XAS transmission
Fluorescence
Electron yield
XANES
EXAFS
Amitava Roy
5B DCM Double-Crystal Monochromator 1.8–6 keV XAS transmission
Fluorescence
Electron yield
Amitava Roy
6A LEXAS Low Energy X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy 1.2–1.8 keV XAS transmission
Fluorescence
Electron yield
XANES
Amitava Roy
6B EUV Extreme Ultra Violet 13.5 nm SPECS 100 analyzer Pfeiffer MS Phil Sprunger

 

Vacuum UV and Soft X-ray

Varied-Line-Space Plane Grating Monochromator (VLSPGM) Beamline, Port 4A, 7 mrad

  • High-resolution soft x-ray beamline, 200-1200 eV range
  • 5000 resolving power
  • NEXAFS, XAS, MCD measurements
  • Contact Orhan Kizilkaya

5-meter Toroidal Grating Monochromator (5m-TGM) Beamline, Port 4B, 6 mrad

  • High-resolution VUV beamline, 25-240 eV range
  • 800 at 200 eV resolving power
  • ARUPS, LEED, dual-anode X-ray source
  • XAS measurements
  • Omicron EA-125 photoelectron analyzer for ARUPS and XPS
  • Contact Orhan Kizilkaya

X-ray Techniques

Tomography Beamline

  • Energy range 6.0 - 60 keV with energy resolution 1-3% and spatial resolution ~3 µm
  • X-ray phase contrast imaging, Talbot Laue interferometry, radiograph, phase-contrast, dark-field imaging
  • Contact Kyungmin Ham

SAXS Small Angle X-ray Scattering Beamline

  • Double-crystal monochromator with energy range ~5-11KeV
  • Online 200mm x 200mm multiwire gas detector
  • Sample to detector distance adjustable from 0.9m to 4.9m
  • Contact Miriam Siebenbuerger

X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy Beamlines

  • LEXAS: Low Energy X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy
    Energy range: 1.2 – 1.8 keV
  • DCM: Double Crystal Monochromator
    Energy range: 1.8 – 6 keV
  • WDCM: Wavelength Shifter XAS
    Energy range: 7 – 18 keV
  • HEXAS: High Energy X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy
    Energy range: 4.5 - 25 keV
  • PwX: MPW Probe with X-rays
    Energy range: 6 – 14 keV
  • Contact Amitava Roy