ALBA
BL09 (MISTRAL)

The BL09 (MISTRAL) beamline consists on a full field Transmission Soft X-ray Microscope (TXM) with capabilities for cryo- tomography of cells in the water window energy range, spectroscopy and magnetic imaging. The energy range spans from 300 eV to 1.2 keV. Two Zone Plate lenses are available, a 40nm lens and a 25 nm lens both made of Ni. A fluorescence visible light microscope on line with the TXM allows for correlative microscopy.

Beamline Energy Resolution
2 * 10-4 [meV]
Beamline Resolving Power
5 * 103 [E/deltaE]
Beamline Energy Range
0.27 - 1 [eV]
Spot Size On Sample Hor
9 - 16 [um]
Spot Size On Sample Vert
9 - 16 [um]
contacts
Ana J Perez
Eva Pereiro
Techniques
Imaging
  • X-ray microscopy
  • X-ray tomography
control/Data analysis
Control Software Type
  • .
Data Output Type
  • .
Data Output Format
  • File format: XRM, TXRM, raw data, HDF5, TIFF
Softwares For Data Analysis
  • ImageJ, IMOD, PRIISM, XMIPP.