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Beamline 7.3.3

Micro X-Ray Diffraction, Micro X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy,
Hard X-Ray Optics Testing

(Femtosecond work will move to Beamline 5.3.1 in the summer of 2000.)

Operational

Now

Source characteristics

Bend magnet

Energy range

6 - 12 keV

Monochromator

White light and monochromatic [two- and four-crystal Ge(111)]

Calculated flux (1.9 GeV, 400 mA) Monochromatic (8.5 keV):
1 x 109 photons/s/µm2/3x10-4BW (1 x 1 µm spot)
1 x 1012 photons/s/3x10-4BW (100 x 300 µm spot)
Resolving power (E/DE)

3500 at 8.5 keV (monochromatic)

Endstation

Micro x-ray diffraction, micro x-ray absorption spectroscopy, hard x-ray optics testing

Characteristics

Designed for microprobe, white-light, and monochromatic experiments

Detectors

X-ray CCD, fluorescence Si(Li) detector

Spot size at sample

100 x 300 µm down to 1 x 1 µm

Samples

Format

Typically less than 1 cm2 x 1 mm thick

Sample environment

Typically air

Scientific applications

Measurement of strain, environmental science, optics testing

Local contact/spokesperson

Name: A.A. MacDowell
Affiliation: Advanced Light Source, Berkeley Lab
Phone: (510) 486-4276
Fax: (510) 486-7696
Email: aamacdowell@lbl.gov

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