KIT - Test Facility - Test Facility - Synchrotron

Beamline	Scientific application	Experimental station	Specification	Source	Status
FLUO	X-ray fluorescence analysis (XRF), x-ray fluorescence microprobe (μ-XRF), total x-ray reflection fluorescence (TXRF)	Vacuum chamber, SiLi-detector	Energy range: 1 - 30 keV Resolution: 2x10^-2 ΔE/E	Bending magnet	Operational
INE	Spectroscopy of actinide samples	Ionization chambers, 4 element Vortex SSD detector, Vortex EX-60 SSD detector, 4 axis goniometer for GI-XAFS, Huber sample positioning system	Energy range: 2.1 - 25 keV Resolution: 2x10^-4 ΔE/E	Bending magnet	Operational
IR1	Infrared/THz spectroscopy, ellipsometry	FTIR spectrometer and ellipsometer, liquid He cryostat	Spectral range: 4 - 10000 cm^-1 Resolution: 0.1 cm^-1	Bending magnet edge	Operational
IR2	Infrared/THz spectroscopy, microscopy and imaging	FTIR spectrometer and microscope, liquid He cryostat, heating stage	Spectral range: 4 - 10000 cm-1 Resolution: 0.1 cm-1	Bending magnet edge	Operational
LIGA I	Mask fabrication, patterning of thin microstructures	Scanner	Energy range: 2.2 - 3.3 keV	Bending magnet	Operational
LIGA II	Deep x-ray lithography	Scanner	Energy range: 2.5 - 12.4 keV	Bending magnet	Operational
LIGA III	Ultra deep x-ray lithography	Scanner	Energy range: 2.5 - 15.0 keV	Bending magnet	Operational
MPI	Surface diffraction	1st station: Multiple circle diffractometer, horizontal / vertical sample normal geometry, horizontal / vertical four circle geometry, COR 5 m from DCM 2nd station: horizontal six circle diffractometer, COR 10 m from DCM	Energy range: 6 keV - 20 keV Resolution: 3 10-4 @ 9 keV	Bending magnet	Operational
PDIFF	X-ray powder diffraction (XRPD), roentgenography, single-crystal diffraction	4+2 circle diffractometer	Energy range: 6 - 20 keV Resolution: 2x10^-4 ΔE/E	Bending magnet	Operational
SCD	Single crystal diffraction, single / multiple anomalous dispersion (SAD/MAD)	3 axis diffractometer with CCD-detector and 2 axis diffractometer with image plate detector	Energy range: 4 - 20 keV Resolution: 3.5x10^-4 ΔE/E	Bending magnet	Operational
SUL-X	X-ray diffraction (XRD), fluorescence analysis (XRF) and x-ray absorption spectroscopy in µ-focus	Vacuum chamber, ionization chambers, 7 element SiLi-detector, 3.5 axis diffractometer + CCD	Energy range: 2.3 (1.5) - 20 keV Resolution: 2x10^-4 ΔE/E	Wiggler	Operational
TOPO- TOMO	X-ray microtomography and radiography, x-ray white-light topography	4 axis goniometer, high-resolution tomography sample stage, medium and high-resolution imaging detectors	Energy range: 10-30 keV Bandwidth: white beam or (from 2008) ΔE/E≈ 10^-2	Bending magnet	TOPO: Operational TOMO: Under Construction
UV-CD12	VUV / UV circular dichroism spectroscopy, oriented circular dichroism (OCD)	Modular CD spectropolarimeter, N₂-purged sample chambers for liquid and solid-state samples	Spectral range: 120-350 nm Wavelength resolution: 0.5-2.0 nm	Bending magnet (1.5 T)	Operational
WERA	Soft x-ray spectroscopy and microscopy, photoemission, absorption, SXMCD	PEEM, 4-element fluorescence detector, electron energy analyzer, sample cryostat, thin-film and sample preparation incl. pulsed laser deposition, UHV sample transfer	Energy range: 100 - 1500 eV Resolution: up to 1x 10^-4 ΔE/E	Bending magnet (and undulator)	Operational
XAS	Extended x-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS), x-ray absorption near edge fine structure (XANES), Q-EXAFS	Ionization chambers, 5 element Ge detector, closed cycle He cryostat, 4 axis goniometer for GI-XAFS	Energy range: 2.3 - 25 keV Resolution: 2x10^-4 ΔE/E	Bending magnet	Operational
Beamline	Scientific application	Experimental station	Specification	Source	Status
CAT-ACT				Wiggler	Operational
CAT-ACT	Spectroscopy of actinide samples	Ionization chambers, 5 element Ge detector, Ketek 1 element SDD, Huber sample positioning stage(z,x,y,phi), HRXES Johann Spectrometer	Energy range: 3.4 - 55 keV Resolution: n.d. ΔE/E	Wiggler	Operational
IMAGE	Radiography and tomography	Ultra-precise sample manipulator; automatic sample changer system. 2D detector system; energy-dispersive detector	Energy range: 7 - 65 keV Resolution: 10^-2 - 10^-4 ΔE/E	Super- conducting combined wiggler / undulator	Operational
NANO	X-ray diffraction (HR-XRD) with highest angular resolution, anomalous scattering, coherent scattering	(1) High-resolution 6-circle diffractometer; (2) heavy-duty diffractometer; MBE chamber, cryostats, superconducting magnet	Energy range: 3 - 30 keV Resolution: 2·10-4 - 10-2 ΔE/E	Super- conducting undulator	Operational
X-SPEC	Soft and hard X-ray spectroscopy			Super- conducting undulator	Under Construction

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