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19045892

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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
11
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-12-2
pubmed:abstractText
We report on the successful installation and operation of a scanning transmission x-ray microspectroscope (STXM) at the PolLux facility at the Swiss Light Source. This integration of an advanced STXM with improved sample handling capabilities and a novel beamline provides unique capabilities. PolLux uses linearly or circularly polarized x-rays from a bending magnet with an extended photon energy range (200-1400 eV). It is therefore well suited to determine a sample's quantitative chemical composition, molecular orientation, or thickness of organic as well as condensed matter materials. The local magnetic state of magnetic thin films is accessible through fast helicity switching by steering the electron beam off axis through the bending magnet. Ex vacuo girder movers allow fast and highly reproducible (<1 microm) alignment of the instrument with respect to the photon beam. The present spatial resolution is approximately 20 nm, limited by the zone plates utilized. The instrument has the stability and positional resolution to operate with much higher resolution optics as it becomes available. In addition to characterization experiments, we present several typical examples from materials research and environmental science to exemplify the capabilities.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:status
PubMed-not-MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
1089-7623
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
79
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
113704
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
PolLux: a new facility for soft x-ray spectromicroscopy at the Swiss Light Source.
pubmed:affiliation
Swiss Light Source, Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen-PSI, Switzerland. joerg.raabe@psi.ch
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article