Please note: these are the design specifications. Potential users should contact the B22 beamline team to discuss current capabilities.
B22 has two end stations, dedicated to confocal IR micro-spectroscopy and IR imaging. Being designed for optimum performance from the near- to the far-IR, a suite of single and array detectors equip the end stations to cover the whole IR range. The wide range of applications call for a versatile suite of sample environments and sampling methods coupled with off-line facilities for sample preparation and handling as well as results analysis.
| Spectral range | 10000 - 20 cm-1 |
| Wavelength range | 1 µm - 500 µm |
| Energy range | 1.2 eV - 2.4 meV |
| Spectral resolution | 0.07 cm-1 |
| Expected max photon flux at the sample | 4.3·1013ph/sec 0.1%bw @ λ =2µm 2.8·1013ph/sec 0.1%bw @ λ =10µm 1.5·1013ph/sec 0.1%bw @ λ = 100µm |
| Beam size at the sample | 2 - 20μm for confocal microscopy |
| Beam stability at the sample | ± 0.1 µm |
| Signal stability | ≤ 0.05 % rms noise on 100% signal |