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SSRL SPECTROSCOPY
AND IMAGING
BEAMLINE TOUR
COME VISIT OUR BEAMLINES!
The Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource (SSRL), a Directorate of the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), is an Office of Science User Facility operated for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) by Stanford University. Located in Menlo Park, California, SLAC is a multi-program national laboratory exploring frontier questions in photon science, astrophysics, biochemistry, material science, particle physics and accelerator research. SLAC engages in fundamental research which is published or shared broadly with the scientific community. The DOE Office of Science is the single largest supporter of basic research in the physical sciences in the United States, and is working to address some of the most pressing challenges of our time.
The SSRL Imaging Program operates 4 beamlines to conduct raster scan imaging experiments. Focused beams using mirrors, capillaries, and apertures are used to create x-ray beam sizes over a wide range, from the micron range to a few hundred microns. These techniques are used at beam lines 2-3, 6-2. 10-2 and 14-3 to look at where different elements are located in a wide variety of samples, from soils, plants, tissue samples to ancient manuscripts. The focused beams not only can determine what elements are present in the sample, but also utilize x-ray spectroscopy to determine what the chemistry is of the element is at specific locations. These abilities are critical for the latest addition to the imaging science portfolio, the characterization of the molecular and microstructural provenance of uranium and plutonium oxides.
These activities include efforts supported by DOE BES, NIH NIBIB, and the SSRL SMB Program supported by NIH NCRR and DOE BER. The Nuclear Material Molecular Scale Characterization Program is supported by the DOE National Nuclear Security Administration, Office of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation, NA-22 program.
SSRL IMAGING BEAMLINE TOUR
COME VISIT OUR BEAMLINES!
The Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource (SSRL), a Directorate of the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), is an Office of Science User Facility operated for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) by Stanford University. Located in Menlo Park, California, SLAC is a multi-program national laboratory exploring frontier questions in photon science, astrophysics, biochemistry, material science, particle physics and accelerator research. SLAC engages in fundamental research which is published or shared broadly with the scientific community. The DOE Office of Science is the single largest supporter of basic research in the physical sciences in the United States, and is working to address some of the most pressing challenges of our time.
The SSRL Imaging Program operates 4 beamlines to conduct raster scan imaging experiments. Focused beams using mirrors, capillaries, and apertures are used to create x-ray beam sizes over a wide range, from the micron range to a few hundred microns. These techniques are used at beam lines 2-3, 6-2. 10-2 and 14-3 to look at where different elements are located in a wide variety of samples, from soils, plants, tissue samples to ancient manuscripts. The focused beams not only can determine what elements are present in the sample, but also utilize x-ray spectroscopy to determine what the chemistry is of the element is at specific locations. These abilities are critical for the latest addition to the imaging science portfolio, the characterization of the molecular and microstructural provenance of uranium and plutonium oxides.
These activities include efforts supported by DOE BES, NIH NIBIB, and the SSRL SMB Program supported by NIH NCRR and DOE BER. The Nuclear Material Molecular Scale Characterization Program is supported by the DOE National Nuclear Security Administration, Office of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation, NA-22 program.