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I10 Contact

Beamline Phone Number:
+44 (0) 1235 567473

Principal Beamline Scientist:
Paul Steadman
Tel: +44 (0) 1235 778156
E-mail: [email protected]

Sarnjeet Dhesi

Email: [email protected]
Tel: +44 (0) 1235 778056

I10 BLADE: X-ray Dichroism and Scattering

Status: Operational

Energy: 500 - 1600 eV

XAS: X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy XMCD: X-ray Magnetic Circular Dichroism RSXS: Resonant Soft X-ray Scattering XMLD: X-Ray Magnetic Linear Dichroism SXD: Soft X-ray Diffraction Spectroscopy Scattering

Facility and Equipment Availability

Beamline

Equipment or Component	Availability	Comments
Circular Polarisation 400-1600eV	Available
Linear Horizontal 250-1600eV	Available	Can go to 2000 eV on request
Linear Vertical 480-1600eV	Available	This is not available below 480eV
Linear at Arbitrary Angle 620-1600eV	Available	Please speak to beamline staff. Unfortunately it is not possible to do this below 620eV
I10 Scattering branch	Available
I10-1 Absorption branch	Available
Fast energy scanning	Available

RASOR End station

Sample cooling	Available	Between 12 K and 300 K
Azimuthal sample rotation	Available	On request, minimum sample temperature is 50K
Photodiode detector	Available
Channeltron detector	Available
Polarisation analysis	Available	Available at O and Al (K edge), Ti, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni and Cu (L edges), Ce (M edge)
Sample drain current	Available	On request
Electric field on sample	Available	On request
Magnetic field	Available	Up to 0.2T, needs to be discussed with the beamline team

High Field Magnet End Station

Magnetic field	Available	-14 to +14 T
Sample cooling	Available	Between 3K - 350 K
Sample cleaving	Available

Electromagnet End Station

Magnetic field	Available	-1.5 to +1.5 T
Sample cooling	Available	Between 20K - 500 K
Sample cleaving	Available

User End Station

Available

It is possible to put a user end station on the scattering line. Users must contact the beamline team prior to submitting a proposal

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