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Beamline 4.0.2

Magnetic and biochemical spectroscopy

Operational

Now

Source characteristics

5.0-cm-period elliptical polarization undulator (EPU5)

Energy range

80–1900 eV

Monochromator

Variable-included-angle PGM

Calculated flux (1.9 GeV, 400 mA)

1 x 1013 photons/s/0.1%BW at 800 eV [Value reported is the merit function, flux = total flux x (degree of circular polarization)2.]

Resolving power (E/ΔE)

5,000-10,000 (at source-size limit; energy-dependent)
>25,000 (64 eV, 10-mm entrance/exit slits)

Special notes

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

Endstations

Advanced photoelectron spectrometer/diffractometer
L-edge chamber with superconducting spectrometer
XMCD chamber (6T, 2K)
Eight-pole electromagnet

Local contact

Name: Elke Arenholz
Advanced Light Source
Phone: (510) 486-4834
Fax: (510) 486-7588

Spokesperson

Name: Stephen P. Cramer
University of California, Davis/Berkeley Lab
Phone: (510) 486-4720
Fax: (510) 486-5664

Beamline phone number

(510) 495-2041

 

Endstation

Advanced photoelectron spectrometer/diffractometer

Characteristics

Rotatable analysis chamber, two-axis variable-temperature sample goniometer with 3-D translation operating between 150 and 2000 K; new goniometer extending to 10 K in mid-2002

Detectors

Scienta ES 200 electron spectrometer with micro-Mott spin detector (now) and Scienta XES 300 x-ray emission spectrometer (early 2002)

Spot size at sample

1 mm (h) x 0.1 mm (v), larger if defocused

Samples

 

Format

UHV-compatible solids up to 10 mm in diameter and 1-2 mm thick

Preparation

Knudsen-cell thin-film evaporation, ion sputtering, annealing, LEED, loadlock sample insertion, in-situ cleaving and magnetization

Sample environment

UHV, approximately 1 to 2 x 10-10 Torr

Scientific applications

Electronic and magnetic properties at surfaces and interfaces, atomic and magnetic structures near surfaces and at buried interfaces, structural and magnetic phase transitions

Experimental techniques

High-resolution, angle-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy, diffraction and holography; x-ray absorption and x-ray emission spectroscopy

Local contact/ Spokesperson

Name: Charles Fadley
Affiliation: Univ. of California, Davis/Berkeley Lab
Phone: (510) 486-5774
Fax: (510) 486-5530

 

Endstation

L-edge chamber with superconducting spectrometer

Detectors

Array superconducting tunnel junction fluorescence detector; sample current

Spot size at sample

1 mm (h) x 0.1 mm (v), larger if defocused

Samples

 

Format

Dried protein films, powders, thin films

Preparation

Proteins dried on Al2O3 disks, often in inert atmosphere; model compounds usually as powder on carbon tape

Sample environment

UHV, (10-8 to 10-9 Torr), cooling down to ~15 K possible

Special notes

Also analysis of wet and/or air-sensitive samples

Scientific applications

Active sites in metalloproteins, enzymatic mechanisms

Experimental techniques

Fluorescence-detected absorption spectroscopy

Local contact

Name: Stephan Friedrich
Phone: (510) 486-7319
Fax: (510) 486-5664

Spokesperson

Name: Stephen P. Cramer
Affiliation: Univ. of California, Davis/Berkeley Lab
Phone: (510) 486-4720
Fax: (510) 486-5664

 

Endstation

XMCD chamber (6T, 2K)

Characteristics

6-Tesla superconducting magnet, 2 K sample temperature

Detectors

30-element germanium fluorescence detector; sample current

Spot size at sample

1 mm (h) x 0.1 mm (v), larger if defocused

Samples

 

Format

Solids, powders, dried liquid films up to 5 x 5 mm

Sample environment

UHV

Scientific applications

Spectroscopy on proteins and model compounds

Experimental techniques

XMCD, L-edge spectroscopy

Local contact

Name: Simon George
Phone: (510) 486-6094
Fax: (510) 486-5664

Spokesperson

Name: Stephen P. Cramer
Affiliation: Univ. of California, Davis/Berkeley Lab
Phone: (510) 486-4720
Fax: (510) 486-5664

 

Endstation

Eight-pole electromagnet

Characteristics

Magnetic fields up to 0.9 T can be applied in any direction relative to the incoming x-ray beam

Detectors

Total electron yield, total fluorescence yield, transmission

Spot size at sample

0.8 (h) x 0.1 (v) mm , larger if defocused

Samples

Solid samples

Sample environment

10-6 to 10-9 Torr, 15 to 450 K

Scientific applications

Spectroscopy on ferro- and antiferromagnetic materials

Experimental techniques

XAS, XMCD, XMLD measurements

Local contact/spokesperson

Name: Elke Arenholz
Affiliation: Advanced Light Source
Phone: (510) 486-4834
Fax: (510) 486-7588
Email: earenholz @lbl.gov

 

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