SoftiMAX is a soft X-ray beamline, dedicated to spectromicroscopy and coherent imaging. The beamline will operate in the photon energy range between 275 eV and 2.5 keV and have two branch lines: one for STXM and Ptychography with a sub-100 nm focus, and one modular line for coherent techniques that require a larger beam size.

The STXM/ptycho branchline starts normal user operation in 2022.

contacts
Karina Thånell
Jörg Schwenke
Techniques
Absorption
  • NEXAFS
  • XMCD
Imaging
  • Coherent diffractive imaging
  • Fluorescence imaging
  • Ptychography
  • X-ray holography
  • X-ray microscopy
Scattering
  • Coherent scattering
  • Resonant scattering
Disciplines
Chemistry
  • Biochemistry
  • Catalysis
  • Electrochemistry
  • Green Chemistry
  • Physical Chemistry
Earth Sciences & Environment
  • Geology
  • Global change & Climate observation
  • Marine science/Oceanography
  • Other - Earth Sciences & Environment
  • Plant science
Engineering & Technology
  • Detectors
  • Nanotechnology & production processes
  • Other - Engineering & Technology
Humanities
  • Cultural Heritage
Life Sciences & Biotech
  • Agriculture & Fisheries
  • Food quality and safety
  • Medicine
Material Sciences
  • Other - Material Sciences
Physics
  • Astronomy/Astrophysics/Astroparticles
  • Hard condensed matter - electronic properties
  • Nanophysics & physics of confined matter
  • Other - Physics
  • Soft condensed matter physics
  • Surfaces, interfaces and thin films
control/Data analysis
Control Software Type
  • Windows + Tango
Data Output Type
  • 2D images. 2D hyperspectral images. 1D absorption spectra
Data Output Format
  • HDF5
Softwares For Data Analysis
  • Axis2000, Mantis