Beam Lines

By Number

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Station Type   Techniques Energy Range Staff Contacts Beam Line Phone
BL1-5 X-ray Materials small-angle x-ray scattering
Materials wide-angle x-ray scattering
8000-16000 eV Christopher Takacs (650) 926-5214
BL2-1 X-ray Powder diffraction
Thin film diffraction
X-ray reflectivity
5500-17500 eV Charles (JR) Troxel Jr
Kevin Stone
(650) 926-5221

BL2-2

X-ray (Beam line currently closed)
X-ray absorption spectroscopy
White beam techniques
4500-35000 eV

Matthew Latimer
Erik Nelson
Leah Kelly
Ryan Davis

(650) 926-5222
BL2-3 X-ray X-ray absorption spectroscopy imaging
Microscale fluorescence tomography
4900-23000 eV Sam Webb
Sharon Bone
(650) 926-5223
BL4-1 X-ray X-ray absorption spectroscopy 5400-35000 eV Ryan Davis
Matthew Latimer
Erik Nelson
Leah Kelly
(650) 926-5241
BL4-2 X-ray Biological small-angle x-ray scattering
Biological time-resolved small-angle x-ray scattering
Biological low-angle diffraction (fiber, lipids)
6000-17000 eV Thomas Weiss
Tsutomu Matsui
Ivan Rajkovic
Ping Liu
(650) 926-5242
BL4-3 X-ray X-ray absorption spectroscopy 2400-10500 eV Erik Nelson
Leah Kelly
Matthew Latimer
Ryan Davis
(650) 926-5243
BL5-2 VUV Angle-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy
Micro angle-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy
20-200 eV Donghui Lu
Makoto Hashimoto
Cheng-Tai Kuo
(650) 926-5252
BL5-4 VUV

Angle-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy
High resolution angle-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy

7-40 eV Donghui Lu
Makoto Hashimoto
Cheng-Tai Kuo
(650) 926-5254
BL6-2a X-ray Tender x-ray emission spectroscopy, RIXS 4000-18200 eV Doug Van Campen
Dimosthenis Sokaras
Thomas Kroll
(650) 926-5262
BL6-2b X-ray X-ray absorption spectroscopy imaging
HERFD imaging and spectroscopy
Microscale computed tomography
4000-18200 eV Doug Van Campen
Sam Webb
Johanna Nelson Weker 
(650) 926-5262
BL6-2c X-ray Transmission x-ray microscopy
Transmission x-ray tomography
X-ray absorption spectroscopy
5000-13000 eV Doug Van Campen
Molleigh Preefer
Johanna Nelson Weker
(650) 926-5262
BL7-2 X-ray X-ray absorption spectroscopy imaging
Large format x-ray imaging and spectroscopy
5000-16200 eV Sam Webb
Sharon Bone
(650) 926-5272
BL7-3 X-ray X-ray absorption spectroscopy 5400-35000 eV Leah Kelly
Matthew Latimer
Erik Nelson
Ryan Davis
Ritimukta Sarangi
(650) 926-5273
BL8-2 VUV X-ray photoemission spectroscopy
X-ray absorption spectroscopy
100-1300 eV Jun-Sik Lee
Dennis Nordlund
(650) 926-5282
BL9-2 MC Macromolecular crystallography
Multi wavelength anomalous diffraction (MAD/SAD)
Single crystal UV-Vis absorbance spectroscopy
6000-14000 eV Aina Cohen
Michael Soltis
Silvia Russi
(650) 926-5292
BL9-3 X-ray X-ray absorption spectroscopy 5400-30000 eV
5400-13000 eV  (focused)
Matthew Latimer
Leah Kelly
Erik Nelson
Ryan Davis
Ritimukta Sarangi
(650) 926-5293
BL10-1 VUV (Beam line closed; end station in transition)   Donghui Lu  
BL10-2a X-ray (Beam line currently closed for upgrade)
Powder diffraction
Thin film diffraction
Grazing incidence pair distribution function
4500-45000 eV Kevin Stone
Olga Kraynis
(650) 926-5102
BL10-2b X-ray (Beam line currently closed for upgrade)
X-ray absorption spectroscopy
5000-22000 eV Simon Bare
Adam Hoffman
(650) 926-5102
BL11-2 X-ray X-ray absorption spectroscopy
Grazing incidence x-ray absorption spectroscopy
5400-35000 eV
5400-20000 eV  (focused)
Ryan Davis
Matthew Latimer
Erik Nelson
Leah Kelly
(650) 926-8650
BL11-3 X-ray Wide angle x-ray scattering
Thin film diffraction
12700 eV Bart Johnson
Vivek Thampy
Kevin Stone
 
(650) 926-8656
BL12-1 MC Macromolecular crystallography
Microfocus
Multi wavelength anomalous diffraction (MAD/SAD)
Serial crystallography (fixed-target; liquid/crystal injectors
6200–18000 eV Aina Cohen
Michael Soltis
Silvia Russi
(650) 926-2012
BL12-2 MC Macromolecular crystallography
Microfocus
Multi wavelength anomalous diffraction (MAD/SAD)
Serial crystallography (fixed-target; liquid/crystal injectors
6690-17000 eV Aina Cohen
Michael Soltis
Silvia Russi
(650) 926-5212
BL13-2 VUV (Beam line in transition)
X-ray absorption spectroscopy
X-ray emission spectroscopy (using TES)
Resonant inelastic x-ray scattering (using TES)
180-1450 eV

Hirohito Ogasawara
Sang-Jun Lee
Dennis Nordlund

(650) 926-5132
BL13-3 VUV Resonant soft x-ray scattering
X-ray absorption spectroscopy
X-ray magnetic circular dichroism
230-1800 eV Jun-Sik Lee
Cheng-Tai Kuo
Sang-Jun Lee
(650) 926-5133
BL14-1 MC Macromolecular crystallography
Multi wavelength anomalous diffraction (MAD/SAD)
6000-13000 eV Aina Cohen
Michael Soltis
Silvia Russi
(650) 926-5141
BL14-3a X-ray X-ray absorption spectroscopy 2100-5000 eV (focused) Erik Nelson
Matthew Latimer
Leah Kelly
Ryan Davis
(650) 926-5143
BL14-3b X-ray X-ray absorption spectroscopy imaging 2100-5000 eV Sam Webb
Sharon Bone
(650) 926-5143
BL15-2 X-ray

High energy resolution fluorescence detected (HERFD) XAS
X-ray absorption spectroscopy
X-ray emission spectroscopy
Resonant inelastic x-ray scattering (RIXS)
X-ray Raman spectroscopy
Laser pump/x-ray probe time-resolved spectroscopy

4800-24000 eV Dean Skoien
Marco Reinhard
Thomas Kroll
Dimosthenis Sokaras
(650) 926-5115
BL16-2 X-ray X-ray metrology 50–2300 eV

Wayne Stolte
Catherine Conlon

(650) 926-5162
BL17-2 X-ray Total x-ray scattering
X-ray diffraction
Thin film diffraction
Small angle x-ray scattering (in development)
6000–18000 eV Ross Arthur
Kevin Stone
Vivek Thampy
(650) 926-5172
X-ray Spectroscopy
Biological x-ray absorption spectroscopy 4-3, 7-3, 9-3, 14-3a15-2
Materials / catalysis / chemistry x-ray absorption spectroscopy 2-2, 4-1, 4-3, 9-311-2, 14-3a15-2
Biogeochemical / environmental x-ray absorption spectroscopy 2-2, 4-1, 4-3, 7-3, 11-2, 14-3a15-2
X-ray absorption spectroscopy imaging 2-3, 6-2b, 7-2, 14-3b
Grazing incidence x-ray absorption spectroscopy 11-2
Tender x-ray absorption spectroscopy 4-3, 14-3a
Hard x-ray emission and x-ray Raman spectroscopy, RIXS, HERFD 15-2
Laser pump/x-ray probe time-resolved spectroscopy 15-2
Tender x-ray emission spectroscopy, RIXS 6-2a
X-ray photoemission spectroscopy 8-2
X-ray absorption spectroscopy, near edge, soft x-ray energy 8-2, 13-2, 13-3
Soft x-ray emission spectroscopy (TES) 13-2 (in transition)
Resonant inelastic x-ray scattering (TES) 13-2 (in transition)
X-ray magnetic circular dichroism 13-3
Ultra-high energy resolution photoemission spectroscopy 5-2, 5-4
Angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy 5-2, 5-4
Imaging / Microscopy / Microprobe
X-ray absorption spectroscopy imaging 2-3, 6-2b, 7-2
Microscale fluorescence tomography 2-3
Tender x-ray absorption spectroscopy imaging 14-3b
Transmission x-ray microscopy 6-2c
Transmission x-ray tomography 6-2c
Microscale computed tomography 2-2
Macromolecular Crystallography
Microfocus 12-1, 12-2
Serial crystallography (fixed target; liquid/crystal injectors) 12-1, 12-2
Multi wavelength anomalous diffraction (MAD/SAD) 9-2, 12-1, 12-2, 14-1
Scattering / Diffraction
Materials small angle x-ray scattering 1-5
Biological small angle x-ray scattering 4-2
Biological time-resolved small angle x-ray scattering 4-2
Biological low angle diffraction (lipids, fiber, etc.) 4-2
Powder diffraction 2-1
Thin film diffraction 2-110-2a, 11-3, 17-2
X-ray scattering 1-510-2a, 11-3, 17-2
X-ray diffraction 2-110-2a, 17-2
Resonant soft x-ray scattering 13-3
Other Techniques
White light station 2-2
X-ray metrology 16-2

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