Beam Lines by Number

Station Status Type Source Energy Range Techniques Staff Contacts BL Phone
BL1-5 Operational X-Ray Bend Magnet 8000-16000 eV Scattering/Diffraction
  • Materials Small-angle X-ray Scattering
  • Materials Wide-angle X-ray Scattering
  • (650) 926-5215
BL2-1 X-Ray Bend Magnet 5500-17500 eV Scattering/Diffraction
  • Powder Diffraction
  • Thin Film Diffraction
  • X-Ray Reflectivity
  • X-ray Diffraction
  • (650) 926-5221
BL2-2 X-Ray Bend Magnet 4500-35000 eV Spectroscopy
  • X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy
  • (650) 926-5222
BL2-3 X-Ray Bend Magnet 4900-23000 eV Spectroscopy
  • X-ray Aabsorption Spectroscopy Imaging
  • Microscale Fluorescence Tomography
  • (650) 926-5223
BL4-1 X-Ray Wiggler 5400 -35000 eV Spectroscopy
  • X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy
  • (650) 926-5241
BL4-2 X-Ray Wiggler 6000-17000 eV Scattering/Diffraction
  • Biological Small-angle X-ray Scattering
  • Lipid Membrane Diffraction
  • Small-angle Single Crystal Diffraction
  • Time-resolved Biological SAXS
  • (650) 926-5242
BL4-3 X-Ray Wiggler 2400-10500 eV Spectroscopy
  • X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy
  • (650) 926-5243
BL5-2 VUV Undulator 25-200 eV Spectroscopy
  • Angle-resolved Photoelectron Spectroscopy
  • Ultra-high Energy Resolution Photoemission
  • Micro Angle-resolved Photoelectron Spectroscopy
  • (650) 926-5252
BL5-4 VUV Undulator 7-40 eV Spectroscopy
  • Angle-resolved Photoelectron Spectroscopy
  • Ultra-high Energy Resolution Photoemission
  • High Resolution Angle-resolved Photoelectron Spectroscopy
  • (650) 926-5254
BL6-2a X-Ray Wiggler 4000-18200 eV Scattering/Diffraction, Spectroscopy
  • X-ray Emission Spectroscopy
  • Resonant Inelastic X-ray Scattering
  • High-Energy Resolution Fluorescence Detected X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy
  • X-ray Raman Spectroscopy
  • Tender X-ray Emission Spectroscopy
  • (650) 926-5262
BL6-2b X-Ray Wiggler 4000-18200 eV Imaging/Microscopy, Spectroscopy
  • X-ray absorption Spectroscopy Imaging
  • HERFD Imaging and Spectroscopy
  • Microscale Computed Tomography
  • (650) 926-5262
BL6-2c X-Ray Wiggler 5000-13000 eV Imaging/Microscopy, Spectroscopy
  • Transmission X-ray Microscopy
  • Transmission X-ray Tomography
  • X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy
  • (650) 926-5263
BL7-1 MC Wiggler 7100-12700 eV Macromolecular Crystallography
  • Multi Wavelength Anomalous Diffraction
  • Single Wavelength Anomalous Diffraction
  • Beamline Phone: (650) 926-5271
BL7-2 X-Ray Wiggler 5000-16200 eV Imaging/Microscopy, Spectroscopy
  • X-ray absorption Spectroscopy Imaging
  • Large Format X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy
  • (650) 926-5272
BL7-3 X-Ray Wiggler 5400-32000 eV Spectroscopy
  • X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy
  • (650) 926-5273
BL8-2 VUV Bend Magnet 100-1300 eV Spectroscopy
  • X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy
  • Photoemission Spectroscopy
  • (650) 926-5282
BL9-2 MC Wiggler 6000-14000 eV Macromolecular Crystallography, Spectroscopy
  • Multi Wavelength Anomalous Diffraction
  • Single Crystal UV-Vis Absorbance Spectroscopy
  • Beamline Phone: (650) 926-5292
BL9-3 X-Ray Wiggler 5000-30000 eV, 5400-13000 eV (Focused) Spectroscopy
  • X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy
  • (650) 926-5293
BL10-1 VUV Wiggler
  • Beam line closed end station in transition
  • (650) 926-5201
BL10-2a X-Ray Wiggler 4500 - 45000 eV Scattering/Diffraction
  • Powder Diffraction
  • Thin Film Diffraction
  • Grazing Incidence Pair Distribution Function
  • (650) 926-5102
BL10-2b X-Ray Wiggler 5000 - 22000 eV Spectroscopy
  • X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy
  • (650) 926-5102
BL11-2 X-Ray Wiggler 5400-35000 eV, 5400-20000 eV (Focused) Spectroscopy
  • X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy
  • Grazing Incidence X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy
  • (650) 926-8650
BL11-3 X-Ray Wiggler 12700 eV Scattering/Diffraction
  • X-ray Wide Angle Scattering
  • Thin Film Diffraction
  • (650) 926-8656
BL12-1 MC Undulator 6200–18000 eV Macromolecular Crystallography
  • Micro-focus Macromolecular Crystallography
  • Multi Wavelength Anomalous Diffraction
  • Pink Beam Serial Crystallography
  • Beam Line Phone: (650) 926-2012
BL12-2 MC Undulator 6690-17000 eV Macromolecular Crystallography
  • Micro-focus Macromolecular Crystallography
  • Multi Wavelength Anomalous Diffraction
  • Pink Beam Serial Crystallography
  • Beamline Phone: (650) 926-5212
BL13-2 VUV Undulator 180-1450 eV Spectroscopy
  • X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy
  • X-ray Emission Spectroscopy
  • Resonant Inelastic X-ray Scattering
  • (650) 926-5132
BL13-3 VUV Undulator 230-1800 eV Scattering/Diffraction, Spectroscopy
  • Resonant Soft X-ray Scattering
  • X-ray Magnetic Circular Dichroism
  • Resonant Inelastic X-ray Scattering
  • (650) 926-5132
BL14-1 MC Bend Magnet 6000-13000 eV Macromolecular Crystallography
  • Multi Wavelength Anomalous Diffraction
  • Beamline Phone: (650) 926-5241
BL14-3a X-Ray Bend Magnet 2100-5000 eV (Focused) Spectroscopy
  • X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy
  • (650) 926-5143
BL14-3b X-Ray Bend Magnet 2100-5000 eV Imaging/Microscopy, Spectroscopy
  • X-ray absorption Spectroscopy Imaging
  • (650) 926-5143
BL15-2 X-Ray Undulator 4800-24000 eV Spectroscopy
  • X-ray Emission Spectroscopy
  • Resonant Inelastic X-ray Scattering
  • X-ray Raman Spectroscopy
  • Laser Pump/X-ray Probe Time-resolved Spectroscopy
  • High-Energy Resolution Fluorescence Detected X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy
  • X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy
  • (650) 926-5115
BL16-1 Under Construction MC Wiggler 0 eV
  • (650) 926-
BL16-2 VUV Bend Magnet 50–2300 eV
  • X-ray Metrology
  • (650) 926-5162
BL17-2 X-Ray Undulator 6000–18000 eV Scattering/Diffraction
  • Thin Film Diffraction
  • X-ray Scattering
  • Materials Small-angle X-ray Scattering
  • Total X-ray Scattering
  • (650) 926-5172