The PIRX beamline (Premiere InstRument for Xas) is a bending magnet based beamline dedicated to microscopy and spectroscopy in the soft X-rays energy range. The beamline is designed to study chemical and electronic, structural and magnetic properties by means of XAS, XNLD (X-ray natural linear dichroism) and XMCD (X-ray magnetic circular dichroism), XMLD (X-ray magnetic linear dichroism), respectively. It is suitable for probing element specific properties of surfaces, interfaces, thin films and nanomaterials.
The offered experimental station is a universal station for X-ray absorption spectorscopy (XAS).
Beamline Energy Resolution
80 [meV] @ 400 [eV]
300 [meV] @ 870 [eV]
300 [meV] @ 870 [eV]
Beamline Resolving Power
5 * 103 [E/deltaE] @ 400 [eV]
2.9 * 103 [E/deltaE] @ 870 [eV]
2.9 * 103 [E/deltaE] @ 870 [eV]
Beamline Energy Range
100 - 2000 [eV]
Max Flux On Sample
2 * 1010 [ph/s] @ 400 [eV]
4.6 * 1010 [ph/s] @ 870 [eV]
4.6 * 1010 [ph/s] @ 870 [eV]
Spot Size On Sample Hor
200 - 350 [um]
Spot Size On Sample Vert
20 - 100 [um]
Angle Of Incidence Light On Sample Value
0 - 90 [degrees]
Endstations or Setup
PIRX
Description
Standard vacuum chamber for spectroscopy experiment
Base Pressure
5 * 10-10 [mbar]
Endstation Operative
Yes
Sample
Sample Type
Crystal, Amorphous
Mounting Type
flag style (omicron plate) sample holder
Required Sample Size
X = 5 [mm], Y = 5 [mm], Z = 1 [mm]
Manipulator or Sample stage
Degrees Of Freedom
4
Translator Stages
3
Cradles
1
Positioning Precision
X = 5 [um], Y = 5 [um], Z = 5 [um]
Range Of Movement
X = 15 [mm], Y = 15 [mm], Z = 200 [mm]
Sample Holders
Magnetic Fields
DC Fields
0-140 mT
Max DC Field
140 * 10-3 [T]
Detectors
Silicon drift detector (fluorenscence detector)
Type
Amptek FAST SDD detector, 70 mm2 active area
SDC-915 Preamplifier
PX5 Digital Pulse Processor
SDC-915 Preamplifier
PX5 Digital Pulse Processor
Pixel Size
X = 7000 [um], Y = 7000 [um]
Detection
Detected Particle
Photon
Total electron yield
Type
Total electron yield
Detection
Detected Particle
Electron
Techniques
Absorption
- NEXAFS
- XMCD
Disciplines
Chemistry
- Catalysis
- Physical Chemistry
Engineering & Technology
- Other - Engineering & Technology
Material Sciences
- Other - Material Sciences
Physics
- Nanophysics & physics of confined matter
- Other - Physics
- Surfaces, interfaces and thin films
Address
Czerwone Maki 98
30-392 Krakow, Poland
30-392 Krakow, Poland
control/Data analysis
Control Software Type
- Custom develop code written in C++ (Graphical user interface)
Data Output Type
- Spectra
Data Output Format
- ASCII files
