The SOLARIS synchrotron in Krakow is a third-generation synchrotron radiation source operating in the medium electron energy range. The first synchrotron light in SOLARIS was observed in 2016, while the first user experiments were performed in 2018. SOLARIS is expanding its activities, constantly developing experimental beamlines and complementary infrastructure such as cryo-electron...
NanoTerasu is a medium-sized highly brilliant SX and Tender X-ray storage ring light source built on a green-field. The NanoTerasu accelerator system consists of a 3 GeV storage ring based on four bends achromat lattice with a circumference of 349 m and a 3 GeV linear injector accelerator with length of 110 m. The compact accelerator system contributed to significant cost reduction of...
National Synchrotron Light Source II (NSLS-II) is a 3 GeV synchrotron facility located on Long Island, New York, that saw its first light ten years ago in October 2014. Since then, NSLS-II has quickly ramped up its accelerator and beamline capabilities, with 400 mA of stored beam and 29 beamlines in user operations today, plus 4 beamlines under construction and additional beamlines in...
At DESY the Synchrotron Light Source PETRA III offers scientists outstanding opportunities for experiments with hard X-rays of exceptionally high brilliance since 2009. Parallel to operation with high availability, a comprehensive study program supports hardware and software developments for the forthcoming PETRA IV upgrade. Key aspects in 2023 were the development of commissioning tools and...
HIPPIE is a high-flux, high-resolution soft x-ray beamline at MAX IV Laboratory (Sweden) with a new branchline primarily dedicated for operando studies of electrochemical interfaces. Such experiments utilize the dip-and-pull method to form a thin liquid meniscus on the surface of the working electrode in a three-electrode cell with a liquid electrolyte solution. Both the liquid film itself and...
The collaborative efforts between SESAME and a consortium of five Helmholtz Centers comprising DESY, FZJ, HZB, HZDR, and KIT have led to the successful design and installation of the Helmholtz-SESAME Beamline (HESEB), the first soft X-ray beamline at the SESAME synchrotron facility in the Middle East, Amman, Jordan. This initiative was funded by the Helmholtz Association over a four-year...
The upgrade of the Advanced Light Source will provide an almost fully coherent soft x-ray beam to the
users, increasing the ALS brightness by 100x. Such a beam places extraordinary demands on every
beamline optical element. To maintain the beam’s coherence and wavefront properties in the presence of
high power loads, mechanical drift, and manufacturing errors, we have developed a suite of...
