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BL-12A : Soft and Tender X-ray Beamline

Overview

Beamline group Subcommittee 1 (Soft X-ray absorption spectroscopy)
Techniques
  • Soft X-ray absorption spectroscopy
  • Reflectometry
Features
  • The beamline can switch between a soft X-ray path (S) and a tender X-ray path (T), covering a wide energy range of 50 to 5000 eV.
  • The reflectometer previously eqipped at BL-11D is available.
Area of research
Contacts
  • Takuji OHIGASHI takuji.ohigashi(at)kek.jp
  • Please change (at) to @ in the e-mail address.
Notes
  • The beamline combines the functions of the former BL-11A, 11B, and 11D.

Performance

Source
  • 2.5GeV PF Bending magnet (B12)
Optics
  • Soft X-ray path : Variable line spacing plane grating monochromator
  • Tender X-ray path : Double crystal monochromator [Si(111) or InSb(111)]

Conceptual diagram of optics of BL-12A (Side view)
Energy range
  • Soft X-ray path : (50) 70 - 2000 eV
    (Below 150 eV and above 1200eV, in preparation)
  • Tender X-ray path : 1700 - 5000 eV
Resolution (ΔE/E)
  • Soft X-ray path : < 4000
  • Tender X-ray path : ~5000 [Si(111)], 1600 [InSb(111)]
Beam size
  • Soft X-ray path : ~0.55 (H) × 0.08 (V) mm
  • Tender X-ray path : ~0.5 (H) × 0.7 (V) mm
Photon flux
  • 2.5 × 1010 @ 800 eV
Instruments
  • TEY/FY XAFS chamber
  • A reflectometer
    The incidence angle varies between 5 and 89 degrees. The angular resolution < 0.1° in reflectivity measurements is available. A sample of φ200 mm can be mounted on the sample stage. It is also possible to place multiple small samples on the stage. The ultimate vacuum of the reflectometer chamber is 1 × 10-5 Pa.

Detectors
  • SDD for FY XAFS chamber
Remote / Mail-in
  • not available
Special notes
  • Schecule depends on the construction process.

References

Publications



Last updated: 2024-8-2