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I13 Contact

Coherence Branchline (I13-1):
+44 (0) 1235 778827

Diamond Manchester Imaging Branchline (I13-2):
+44 (0) 1235 778831
 

Principal Beamline Scientist: 
Christoph Rau
Tel: +44 (0) 1235 778796
E-mail: christoph.rau@diamond.ac.uk

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Science Group Leader

Paul Quinn

Email: paul.quinn@diamond.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0)1235 778583

I13 X-ray Imaging and Coherence

Status: Operational

Energy: Imaging branch: 8 - 30 keV; Coherence branch: 6 - 20 keV

Imaging PCI: Phase Contrast Imaging Tomography Ptychography Bragg CDI CDI: Coherent Diffraction Imaging
  1. Instruments
  2. Imaging and Microscopy
  3. I13
  4. Diamond Manchester Imaging Branchline (I13-2)
  5. Facilities and Equipment

Facilities and Equipment

  • Imaging branch detectors
  • Support facilities

 

pco.4000

(High image quality)

 

 
  • Scintillator-coupled detector
  • 4008 x 2672 pixels
  • Pixel size: 9 µm x 9 µm
  • Dynamic range: 5,455:1
  • Maximum frame rate at full resolution: 5 Hz
  • Exposure time: 5 µs - 49 days
  • Low noise
 Available

pco.edge 5.5

(High image quality)

 

 
  • Scintillator-coupled detector
  • 2560 x 2160 pixels
  • Pixel size: 6.5 µm x 6.5 µm
  • Dynamic range: 27,000:1
  • Maximum frame rate at full resolution: 100 Hz
  • Exposure time: 500 µs - 2 s
  • Very low noise
 Available

pco.dimax S

(High speed)

 

 
  • Scintillator-coupled detector
  • 2016 x 2016 pixels
  • Pixel size: 11 µm x 11 µm
  • Dynamic range: 1,600:1
  • Maximum frame rate at full resolution: 1,279 Hz
  • Exposure time: 1.5 µs - 40 ms
 Available



 
The Imaging branch operates in two imaging modes:

Micro-imaging

Images are recorded with resolutions up to circa 1µm and a choice of magnifications:

Detector

Objective 

lens

Total

magnification*

 

Effective pixel size (µm)

 Field of view (mm)

pco.4000

 

1.25x

 

2x

 

4x

 

10x

2.5x

 

4x

 

8x

 

20x

3.6

 

2.25

 

1.125

 

0.45

14 x 9.6

 

9.0 x 6.0

 

4.5 x 3.0

 

1.8 x 1.2

pco.edge 5.5

 

1.25x

 

2x

 

4x

 

10x

2.5x

 

4x

 

8x

 

20x

2.6

 

1.625

 

0.8125

 

0.325

6.7 x 5.6

 

4.2 x 3.5

 

2.1 x 1.8

 

0.83 x 0.70

pco. dimax S

 

2x

 

5x

 

10x

4x

 

10x

 

20x

2.75

 

1.1

 

0.55

5.5 x 5.5

 

2.2 x 2.2

 

1.1 x 1.1

*Note that the setup provides 2x magnification in addition to that provided by the objective lens.

Nano-imaging

An X-ray microscope is used to provide a resolution of approximately 50nm and a field of view of roughly 50µm. The microscope itself is functional and currently being optimised to improve resolution, available photon energies and exposure times.

 

Chemistry laboratory for sample preparation
  • Optical light microscopes (Zeiss Stemi 2000, Zeiss Observer)
  • Refrigerator
  • Oven
  • Fume cupboards
  • Ultrasonic bath
  • Glove box
  • Centrifuge (Eppendorf 5810)
  • Precision saw (Struers Accutom-5)
  • Grinding and polishing machine (Struers LaboPol-5)
Mechanical workshop  
Computing facilities I13 has powerful Linux computers, access to Diamond's cluster and the full suite of Avizo packages for visualising and analysing tomograms.

 

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