High energy resolution X-ray absorption and emission spectroscopy techniques have become indispensable methods in actinide research.1,2 In the last 15 years, we have substantially advanced the experimental capabilities for high resolution X-ray spectroscopy of actinides at the KIT Light Source. This continuous effort has recently been expanded to include both additional beamlines as well as...
Liquid-vapor and liquid-solid interfaces drive numerous important processes in the environment and technology. Our understanding of the physical and chemical properties of liquid interfaces under realistic environmental and operating conditions on the molecular scale still falls short of what has been achieved for solid-vapor interfaces over the past decades. The main reason for this situation...
Nonevaporable getter (NEG) is a functional material that is activated by heating under clean ultrahigh vacuum (UHV) conditions and then pumps residual reactive gases at temperatures lower than the activation. Conventional NEGs consist of alloys containing group 4 and 5 metal(s) in the periodic table such as Zr, V, and Ti. During activation, oxygen atoms on the surface oxide layers of the NEG...
The Quantum Material Spectroscopy Center (QMSC) is a state-of-the art XUV and soft X-ray beamline facility at the Canadian Light Source. The QMSC operates within the photon energy range from 15 to 1200 eV and is intended for spin- and angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (SARPES and ARPES). A distinctive feature of the QMSC is the combination of two independent end stations dedicated to...
Combined with synchrotron radiation infrared spectroscopy (SR-IR) and energy-dispersive X-ray absorption spectroscopy (ED-XAS)，Dynamics beamline (D-Line) is the first beamline in the world which have realized the concurrent measurements of ED-XAS and SR-IR at the same sample position in milliseconds time resolved scale. With the combination of two complemental techniques, D-Line is a powerful...
The ultrahigh resolution inelastic x-ray scattering (IXS) beamline at NSLS-II is designed to achieve sub-meV resolution at moderate energy of 9.1 keV for IXS experiments with high momentum resolution and high spectral contrast [1]. The key instrument is a novel spectrometer with a new type of analyzer optics based on post-sample collimation coupled with angular dispersive flat crystal optics...
