The Advanced Photon Source
a U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science User Facility

Beamline Overview

Beamline Layout

 

Source Characteristics
Electromagnetic Variable Polarizing Undulator with Quasiperiodicity Capabilities
Device Length     4.8 m
Undulator Period    12.5 cm
First Harmonic Range
  • 250 to 2200 eV (Horizontal Linear Polarization)
  • 440 to 2200 eV (Vertical Linear Polarization;)
  • 400 to 2200 eV (Left and Right Circular Polarization)
Higher Harmonics Range
  • 2200 to 3000 eV (all 4 polarizations; medium resolution grating only)
Gap     10.5 mm

Quasiperiodic mode:

The IEX undulator can run in periodic (full flux) or quasiperiodic mode (QP) to reduce higher harmonics contamination. Running in QP mode results in a loss of flux on the first harmonic which varies depending on the energy and polarization. The trade off between harmonic reduction and flux loss can be tuned as needed. The example below displays the results obtain at 700 eV incident energy for a reduction down to 2% of the 2nd harmonic contamination in horizontal polarization. This mode is still in commissioning, so please contact staff in advance to communicate your needs before hand.

IEX QP mode

Optical Components
Component

Distance from Source

Comment
Mirror (M0) 30.5 m Heat-sink, side bounce
Mirror (M1) 31.3 m Heat-sink, side bounce
Monochromator (M2, MEG, HEG) 39.7 m In-Focus VLS-PGM
Exit Slit 59.7 m Both RSXS and ARPES
Mirror (M3A) 64.3 m Horizontal Focusing (ARPES branch)
Mirror (M4A) 65.1 m Vertical Focusing (ARPES branch)
ARPES focus 66.3 m ~ 30 µm x exit slit size (typically 25 µm)
Mirror (M3R) 43.7 m Horizontal Deflecting and Focusing (RSXS branch)
Mirror (M4R) 64.7 m Vertical Focusing (RSXS branch)
RSXS focus 69.7 m ~ 375 µm x exit slit size (typically 100 µm)
Beam Characteristics
Grating k0 (lines/mm) cff Resolving Power
(E/dE)
Flux (photon/sec) Energy Range (eV)
HEG 2400 4.2 50,000 2 x 10^10 250 - 2,000
MEG 1200 2.2

10,000

2,500

2 x 10^11

2 x 10^9

250 - 2,000

2,000 - 3,000

LEG (to be installed)

400

1.5 2,500 4 x 10^12 250 - 1,900
Experimental Endstations