Elettra
BL 06.1L - Materials Science Beamline

Materials Science Beamline (for photoemission and x-ray absorption)

Materials Science Beamline (MSB) is a versatile beamline suitable for experiments in materials science, surface physics, catalysts and organic molecules on various surfaces. The tunability of the photon energy over a wide range (221000 eV) with mainly linearly polarized light from a bending magnet source offers "classical" UPS and XPS with high energy resolution and tunable excitation energy for the best photoionization cross sections. The beamline also allows resonant photoemission (RESPES) and near edge X-ray absorption fine structure (NEXAFS) spectroscopies. The MSB was built in cooperation by the Institute of Physics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, the Charles University in Prague and Sincrotrone Trieste.

Beamline Energy Resolution
0.1 [eV] @ 100 [eV]
0.4 [eV] @ 400 [eV]
Beamline Resolving Power
1 * 10-3 [deltaE/E] @ 400 [eV]
Beamline Energy Range
22 - 1000 [eV]
Max Flux On Sample
3 * 1010 [ph/s] @ 100 [eV]
Spot Size On Sample Hor
100 [um]
Spot Size On Sample Vert
100 [um]
Angle Of Incidence Light On Sample Value
0 - 90 [degrees]
Photon Sources

Bending magnet

Type
Bending Magnet
Available Polarization
Linear horizontal
Additional Lightsources

laboratory X-ray source (Al)

Type
Al K-alpha
Central Wavelength/Energy
1486.6 [eV]
Spectral Bandwidth FWHM
850 [meV]
Beam shape
Gaussian

laboratory X-ray source (Mg)

Type
Mg K-alpha
Central Wavelength/Energy
1253.6 [eV]
Spectral Bandwidth FWHM
700 [meV]
Beam shape
Gaussian
Monochromators

SX-700 type

Energy Range
22 - 1000 [eV]
Type
SX-700
Resolving Power
1000 [E/deltaE] @ 1000 [eV]
Number Of Gratings
1
Grating Type
plain
Pre-focusing Mirror Type
toroidal
Refocusing Mirror Type
toroidal
Endstations or Setup

End station

Spectrometer
Specs Phoibos 150
Base Pressure
1 * 10-10 [mbar]
Endstation Operative
Yes

Sample

Sample Type
Crystal, Amorphous
Mounting Type
on Omicron-like type plate
Required Sample Size
X = 8 [mm], Y = 8 [mm], Z = 1 [mm]

Techniques usage

Absorption / NEXAFS
secondary electron yield, Auger electron yield
Photoelectron emission / Angular Resolved PES
step-by-step sample rotation and acquisition of photoelectron spectra
Photoelectron emission / UPS
acquisition of photoelectron spectra
Photoelectron emission / XPS
acquisition of photoelectron spectra

Manipulator or Sample stage

Degrees Of Freedom
4
Translator Stages
3
Cradles
1
Positioning Precision
X = 0.1 [mm], Y = 0.1 [mm], Z = 0.1 [mm]
Range Of Movement
X = 25 [mm], Y = 25 [mm], Z = 500 [mm]

Sample Environment

Pressure (min)
1 * 10-10 [mbar]
Pressure (Max)
5 * 10-9 [mbar]
Temperature
100 - 1300 [K]

Sample Holders

Type
Omicron-like type plate with different custom-made adaptors to mount the sample(s)
Description
Please see
http://www.elettra.eu/lightsources/elettra/elettra-beamlines/msb/manual-endstation-sample-mounting/all.html
Detectors

1D DLD

Type
Surface Concept 1D-DLD64_2-150
Passive or Active (Electronics)
Active

Detection

Detected Particle
Electron
Support Laboratories

Chemical Lab

contacts
Kevin Charles PRINCE
Tomas SKALA
Nataliya TSUD
Techniques
Absorption
  • NEXAFS
Diffraction
  • Surface diffraction
Photoelectron emission
  • Angular Resolved PES
  • UPS
  • XPS
Disciplines
Chemistry
  • Atoms, molecules, clusters and gas-phase chemistry
  • Catalysis
  • Electrochemistry
  • Physical Chemistry
Earth Sciences & Environment
  • Other - Earth Sciences & Environment
Energy
  • Other - Energy
  • Sustainable energy systems
Engineering & Technology
  • Nanotechnology & production processes
  • Other - Engineering & Technology
Life Sciences & Biotech
  • Other - Life Sciences & Biotech
Material Sciences
  • Knowledge based multifunctional materials
  • Other - Material Sciences
Physics
  • Atomic & molecular physics
  • Hard condensed matter - electronic properties
  • Soft condensed matter physics
  • Surfaces, interfaces and thin films
Address
Strada statale 14, km 163.5
I-34149 Basovizza (TS)
ITALY
control/Data analysis
Control Software Type
  • SpecsLab2 (Specs), KolXPD (kolibrik.net)
Data Output Type
  • spectra
Data Output Format
  • Specs, KolXPD, text files
Softwares For Data Analysis
  • KolXPD, Igor, Origin
Equipment That Can Be Brought By The User
Evaporators and other sample preparation facilities.