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The beamline houses two different experimental setups in separate hutches: the Microprobe (EH1) and the Nanoprobe (EH2). The Nanoprobe is mainly based on nanofocusing refractive x-ray lenses. Using refractive optics, nearly gaussian-limited nanobeams in the range from 50 to 100 nm can be generated in the hard x-ray energy range from 8 to 30 keV. In a high-coherence mode, the instrument is well suited for coherent diffraction imaging schemes, such as PtychographyComputational X-ray imaging that reaches nanometre resolution by reconstructing amplitude and phase from overlapping diffraction patterns. Images thin films, coatings, biological tissue, and nanostructured materials in 2D or 3D.More info, reaching highest spatial resolution (below 10 nm) and sensitivity in the hard x-ray range. Tomographic scanning modes are routinely possible.
The Microprobe is a versatile experiment for scanning x-ray microscopy (STXMScanning Transmission X-ray Microscopy creates spatially resolved images by rastering a focused X-ray beam, with chemical sensitivity from tunable photon energies. Used for soft matter, polymers, biological tissue, and catalysts.More info) with XRFX-ray Fluorescence Spectroscopy determines the elemental composition of materials by detecting the characteristic fluorescent X-rays each element emits. Non-destructive; with focused beams maps elements at micro- to nanoscale.More info,XASX-ray Absorption Spectroscopy probes the oxidation state, local atomic environment, and electronic structure around a selected element. Works on solids, liquids, gases, amorphous samples. Covers XANES (near-edge) and EXAFS (extended).More info and XRDX-ray Diffraction is the broad family of techniques that determines crystalline structure from how X-rays scatter off ordered atoms. Includes PXRD, SCXRD, GI-XRD, and PDF; covers phase ID, unit cells, texture, and strain.More info contrast. A KB system focusses a beam of some 10^10 photon/s down to 350 nm focus size in the energy range 5-21 keV. Compound refractive lenses are used at higher energies up to 50 keV. Advanced detector technology enables on-the-fly scanning schemes with millisecond dwell times per scan pixel. The ability to collect megapixel images in less than an hour facilitates series of 2D images for full 3D fluo-tomography, spectro-microscopy, time-resolved in-situ microscopy or other multi-dimensional microscopic experiments.
