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Beamline 4.0.3

High-resolution spectroscopy of complex materials (MERLIN)

Operational

2010

Source characteristics

9.0-cm-period quasiperiodic elliptical polarization undulator (EPU9)

Energy range

10–150 eV

Monochromator Variable-included-angle SGM
Calculated flux (1.9 GeV, 400 mA) 1012 photons/s/0.01%BW at 100 eV

Resolving power (E/ΔE)

10,000–100,000

Endstations

Hgh-resolution inelastic scattering and ARPES

Characteristics

Milli-Electron-volt Resolution beamLINe (MERLIN): Ultrahigh-resolution inelastic scattering and angle-resolved photoemission

Detectors

meV-resolution soft x-ray spectrograph and Scienta R4000 analyzer

Spot size at sample

10 x 100 µm2

Samples

Format Solid-state samples up to 1 cm2 in area

Preparation

Sputter-cleaning, heating, e-beam and sputter evaporation, LEED, transfer capability

Sample environment

UHV, sample heating and cooling

Special notes Polarization is user selectable; linear polarization continuously variable from horizontal to vertical; left and right elliptical (or circular) polarization

Scientific applications

Study of electronic structure of strongly correlated systems

Local contact

Name: Yi-De Chuang
Phone: (510) 486-2328
Fax: (510) 486-6651

Spokepersons Name: Alessandra Lanzara
Affiliation: University of California, Berkeley
Phone: (510) 642-4863
Fax: (510) 643-8497
Name: M. Zahid Hasan
Affiliation: Princeton University
Phone: 609-258-3044
Fax: 609-258-1006

Beamline phone number

(510) 495-2014