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Beamline 5.3.1

Femtosecond Phenomena

Operational

Now

Source characteristics

Bend magnet

Energy range

1.8-12 keV (monochromatic)

Monochromator

White light and double crystal Si(111), Ge(111), or InSb(111)

Flux (1.9 GeV, 400 mA)

~1 x 1012 photons/s/3x10-4BW

Resolving power (E/ΔE)

1200 at 5000 eV

Detectors

Picosecond streak camera and avalanche photodiode; spectrometer (resolving power ~500) covering ~250 eV—1 keV

Spot size at sample

100 x 300 µm

Samples

Format

Crystals, liquid jets, foils

Sample environment

10-6 Torr vacuum or helium

Experimental techniques

Laser-/electron-beam modulation, time-resolved (subpicosecond) x-ray diffraction and absorption

Local contact/spokesperson

Name: Ernie Glover
Affiliation: Advanced Light Source, Berkeley Lab
Phone: (510) 486-6556
Email: teglover@lbl.gov

Beamline phone number

(510) 495-2053

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