European Synchrotron Radiation Facility
ID20 - Inelastic Scattering I

ID20 is dedicated to the study of electronic and magnetic excitations in matter using resonant and non-resonant inelastic X-ray scattering as well as emission/absorption spectroscopy. The main scientific activities comprise of the investigation of strongly correlated electron systems, functional materials, and the study of matter at extreme conditions.

The 1m/2m RIXS spectrometer (located in EH2) is equipped with five spherical crystal analysers, and can operate in the horizontal and/or vertical scattering plane. The overall energy resolution depends on the chosen monochromatization scheme and the crystal analyzer reflection; it ranges from 25 meV to 2 eV.

The 1m spectrometer for non-resonant IXS studies (located in EH3) is equipped with 72 crystal analyzers, arranged in six independent modules that cover both the horizontal and the vertical scattering planes. The overall energy resolution ranges from 0.5 to 2 eV.

Scientific disciplines: Physics, Chemistry, Materials and Engineering, Earth and planetary science

 

Techniques

  • RIXS – resonant inelastic X-ray scattering
  • NIXS – non-resonant inelastic X-ray scattering
  • RXES – resonant X-ray emission spectroscopy

Sample environments

  • Dynaflow He exchange gas cryostat (3K – 300 K)
  • Miniflow He cryostat (3 – 300 K) – from loan pool
  • Cryostream (80 – 300 K) – from loan pool
  • Heat blower (300 – 800 K) – from loan pool
  • High pressure cells (up 1 Mbar and beyond)

Detectors

  • Maxipix 2D detectors
  • 5-element Avalanche Photodiode array
  • Pilatus 300K-W (from loan pool)
Beamline Energy Resolution
1.4 * 10-4 [meV] @ 11215 [eV]
2.25 * 10-6 [meV] @ 11215 [eV]
Beamline Resolving Power
4.4 * 105 [E/deltaE] @ 11215 [eV]
7.3 * 103 [E/deltaE] @ 11215 [eV]
Beamline Energy Range
4000 - 20000 [eV]
Max Flux On Sample
5 * 1012 [ph/s] @ 11215 [eV]
Spot Size On Sample Hor
14 - 400 [um]
Spot Size On Sample Vert
8 - 400 [um]
Divergence Hor
60 - 600 [urad]
Divergence Vert
45 - 450 [urad]
Monochromators

Si(111)

Energy Range
4000 - 20000 [eV]
Type
Cryogenically cooled double crystal monochromator
Resolving Power
1.1 * 10-4 [deltaE/E] @ 10000 [eV]

Si(311)

Energy Range
4000 - 20000 [eV]
Type
Channel-cut
Resolving Power
2.8 * 10-5 [deltaE/E] @ 10000 [eV]

Si(664)

Energy Range
10800 - 10900 [eV]
Type
Backscattering channel-cut
Resolving Power
1.6 * 10-6 [deltaE/E] @ 10871 [eV]

Si(844)

Energy Range
11210 - 11220 [eV]
Type
Backscattering channel-cut
Resolving Power
1.3 * 10-6 [deltaE/E] @ 11215 [eV]

Si(nn0) 4-bounce

Energy Range
7000 - 20000 [eV]
Type
Four-bounce monochromator (4 degrees asymmetry)

Si(nnn)

Type
Backscattering channel-cut
∆E i /E=8.7 × 10 −6 for n=3
∆E i /E=5.0 × 10 −6 for n=4
∆E i /E=1.6 × 10 −6 for n=5

Si(nnn) 4-bounce

Energy Range
6500 - 20000 [eV]
Type
Four-bounce monochromator (5 degrees asymmetry)
Endstations or Setup

FOURC

Diffractometer
four circle
Spectrometer
Fourc
Detectors Available
5x1 Maxipix
Endstation Operative
Yes

HYDRA

Spectrometer
HYDRA
Detectors Available
5x1 Maxipix
Endstation Operative
Yes
Detectors

3x2 Maxipix

Type
Hybrid pixel detector
Pixel Size
X = 55 [um], Y = 55 [um]
Array Size
X = 256 [pixel], Y = 256 [pixel]
Passive or Active (Electronics)
Active

Detection

Detected Particle
Electron

5x1 Maxipix

Type
Maxipix hybrid pixel detector
Pixel Size
X = 55 [um], Y = 55 [um]
Array Size
X = 256 [pixel], Y = 256 [pixel]
Thickness
500 [um]
Passive or Active (Electronics)
Active
Output Readout Software
edf-files

Detection

Detected Particle
Electron
contacts
Blanka Detlefs
Christoph Sahle
Techniques
Scattering
  • Inelastic scattering
Disciplines
Chemistry
  • Other - Chemistry
Earth Sciences & Environment
  • Other - Earth Sciences & Environment
Material Sciences
  • Other - Material Sciences
control/Data analysis
Control Software Type
  • SPEC
Data Output Type
  • spectra and images
Data Output Format
  • ascii and edf image files
Softwares For Data Analysis
  • customised in-house developements