Elettra
BL 09.1 - SISSI - Mat

The SISSI infrared beamline at Elettra extracts the IR and visible components of synchrotron emission for performing spectroscopy, microspectroscopy and imaging. The applications cover a wide range of research fields, including surface and material science, biochemistry, forensics, microanalysis, geology, cell biology, biomedical diagnostics, microfluidics, high-pressures, time resolved IR, conservation science, protein folding, chemical kinetics etc.

The SISSI-MAT branchline, operated by IOM-CNR, is equipped witha VERTEX 70v spectrometer for spectroscopy and spectromicroscopy measurements over a broad spectral range. In particular, the possibility to mount different detectors on the infrared microscope allows exploiting a diffraction limited beam from the visible down to the terahertz. The branchline is also equipped with cryostats and diamond anvil cell, thus permitting to explore the behavior of matter at extreme conditions of temperature and pressure.

 

Beamline Energy Resolution
5 * 10-2 [meV]
Beamline Energy Range
0.001 - 2 [eV]
contacts
Michele Zacchigna
Stefano Lupi
Techniques
Absorption
  • IR spectroscopy
Imaging
  • IR Microscopy
Disciplines
Chemistry
  • Other - Chemistry
Earth Sciences & Environment
  • Other - Earth Sciences & Environment
  • Water sciences/Hydrology
Life Sciences & Biotech
  • Other - Life Sciences & Biotech
Material Sciences
  • Knowledge based multifunctional materials
Physics
  • Atomic & molecular physics
  • Quantum electronics & optics
control/Data analysis
Control Software Type
  • OPUS
Data Output Type
  • OPUS, txt
Data Output Format
  • OPUs, txt