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Beamline Source* Areas of Research/Techniques Energy Range Operational

1.4.1

Bend

Ultraviolet photoluminescence

1.6-6.2 eV

Now

1.4.2

Bend

Visible and infrared Fourier transform spectroscopy (FTIR)

0.002-3 eV

Now

1.4.3

Bend

Infrared spectromicroscopy

0.05-1 eV

Now

3.1

Bend

Diagnostic beamline

1-2 keV

Now

3.3.1

Bend

Commercial deep-etch x-ray lithography (LIGA)

3-12 keV

Now

3.3.2

Bend

Deep-etch x-ray lithography (LIGA)

1-20 keV

Now

4.0.2

EPU5

Magnetic spectroscopy

52-1900 eV

Now

4.2.2

Superbend

Multiple-wavelength anomalous diffraction (MAD) and monochromatic protein crystallography

6-18 keV

2002

5.0.1

W16

Monochromatic protein crystallography

12.4 keV

Now

5.0.2

W16

Multiple-wavelength anomalous diffraction (MAD) and monochromatic protein crystallography

3.5-14 keV

Now

5.0.3

W16

Monochromatic protein crystallography

12.4 keV

Now

5.3.1

Bend

Femtosecond phenomena

1.8-12 keV

Now

5.3.2

Bend

Polymer scanning transmission x-ray microscopy

150-650 eV

Now

6.1.2

Bend

High-resolution zone-plate microscopy

300-900 eV

Now

6.3.1

Bend

Calibration and standards, EUV/soft x-ray optics testing, solid-state chemistry

500-2000 eV

Now

6.3.2

Bend

Calibration and standards; EUV optics testing; atomic, molecular, and materials science

50-1300 eV

Now

7.0.1

U5

Surface and materials science, spectromicroscopy, spin resolution, photon-polarization dichroism

50-1200 eV

Now

7.3.1.1

Bend

Magnetic microscopy, spectromicroscopy

175-1500 eV

Now

7.3.1.2

Bend

Surface and materials science, micro x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy

175-1500 eV

Now

7.3.3

Bend

X-ray microdiffraction

6-12 keV

Now

8.0.1

U5

Surface and materials science, imaging photoelectron spectroscopy, soft x-ray fluorescence

65-1400 eV

Now

8.2.1

Superbend

Multiple-wavelength anomalous diffraction (MAD) and monochromatic protein crystallography

6-18 keV

Now

8.2.2

Superbend

Multiple-wavelength anomalous diffraction (MAD) and monochromatic protein crystallography

6-18 keV

2002

8.3.1

Superbend

Multiple-wavelength anomalous diffraction (MAD) and monochromatic protein crystallography

2.4-15 keV

Now

8.3.2

Superbend

Tomography

3-60 keV

2003

9.0.1

U10

Coherent optics/scattering experiments

200-800 eV

Now

9.0.2

U10

Chemical reaction dynamics, photochemistry, high-resolution photoelectron and photoionization spectroscopy, photoelectron and photoionization imaging and spectroscopy

5-30 eV

Now

9.3.1

Bend

Atomic, molecular, and materials science

2.2-6 keV

Now

9.3.2

Bend

Chemical and materials science, circular dichroism, spin resolution

30-1400 eV

Now

10.0.1

U10

Photoemission of highly correlated materials; high-resolution atomic, molecular, and optical physics

17-340 eV

Now

10.3.1

Bend

X-ray fluorescence microprobe

3-20 keV

Now

10.3.2

Bend

Environmental and materials science, micro x-ray absorption spectroscopy

2.5-17 keV

Now

11.0.2

EPU5

Molecular environmental science

75-2000 eV

2002

11.3.1

Bend

Small-Molecule Crystallography

6-17 keV

2002

11.3.2

Bend

Inspection of EUV lithography masks

50-1000 eV

Now

12.0.1

U8

EUV Optics Testing and Interferometry, Angle- and Spin-Resolved Photoemission

60-320 eV

Now

12.2.2

Superbend

California High-Pressure Science Observatory (Calipso)

6-40 keV

2002

12.3.1

Superbend

Multiple-wavelength anomalous diffraction (MAD) protein crystallography and small-angle x-ray scattering (SAXS)

6-18 keV

2002

BTF

Linac

Beam Test Facility

50-MeV electrons

Now

 
* Bend      bend magnet
  Superbend Superconducting bend magnet
  EPUx      x-cm-period elliptical polarization undulator
  Ux        x-cm-period undulator
  Wx        x-cm-period wiggler

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