Photon Factory

KEK

BL-3A : X-ray diffraction experiment station for material structural science

Overview

Beamline Group  Group 2 (Diffraction and Scattering)
Techniques
  • X-ray diffraction
  • Resonant X-ray scattering
  • Magnetic scattering
Features
  • This is an experimental station with general 4-circle diffractometer HUBER5020. We can detect a tiny of structural & electronic changes at a phase transition, which is an origin of the physical properties. Polarization analysis of scattered x-ray can be also performed.
  • 2-circle diffractometer with superconducting magnet is also available for magnetic-field dependence measurements.
Area of research
  • Material structural science
  • Condensed matter physics, Surface science
Contacts
  • Hironori NAKAO hironori.nakao(at)kek.jp
  • Please change (at) to @ in the e-mail address.
Special notes

Performance

Source
  • 2.5-GeV PF ring : In-vacuum short gap undulator (SGU#03)
Optics
  • Si (111) monochromator
  • Bent cylinder mirror
Energy range
  • 5 - 14 keV
Resolution (deltaE/E)
  • 2 x 10-4
Beam size
  • 0.4 x 0.6 mm (V x H)
Photon flux
  • >1012 photons/s
Instruments
  • 4-circle diffractometer
  • 2-circle diffractometer with superconducting magnet

Inside of BL-3A experimental hutch(front, downstream : 2-circle diffractometer with superconducting magnet. back, upstream : 4-circle diffractometer
Detectors
  • Silicon drift detector
Remote / Mail-in
  • Remote : available (Please contact with the beamline scientist.)
  • Mail-in : not available
Special notes
  • Control program : SPEC
  • Sample environment : Temperature 2 - 600 K, Magnetic field 0 - 7.5 T

More Information

References

  1. Photon Factory Activity Report 2006, #24, A 64 (2008).
  2. Photon Factory Activity Report 2006, #24, A 104 (2008).

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Last updated: 2021-9-7