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. 2018 Feb 14;25(Pt 2):570–579. doi: 10.1107/S1600577517017660

Table 7. Key parameters for the FemtoMAX beamline.

  Design In operation July 2017
Energy (wavelength) range 1.8–20 keV (0.6–6.5 Å) 0.5–10 keV (1.2–24 Å)
Photon source In-vacuum undulator Temporary long-period undulator
Monochromator Double-crystal monochromator with Si (111), InSb (111) crystals. Multi-layer mirrors (ML) Double-crystal monochromator with Si (111), InSb (111) crystals. Multi-layer mirrors (ML)
Photons pulse−1 (1% bandwidth)−1 >1 × 107 below 10 keV >3 × 105 below 4 keV; >1 × 105 below 9 keV
Repetition rate 100 Hz 2 Hz
Harmonic content <10−3 <10−3
Bandwidth Si: ΔE/E ≃ 2 × 10−4 (2.5–20 keV) Si: ΔE/E ≃ 2 × 10−4 (2.5–20 keV)
  InSb: ΔE/E ≃ 4 × 10−4 (1.8–20 keV) InSb: ΔE/E ≃ 4 × 10−4 (1.8–20 keV)
  ML: ΔE/E = 0.01 (1.8–20 keV) ML: ΔE/E = 0.01 (1.8–20 keV)
Monochomator throughput at 5 keV >70% crystal; >50% ML >70% crystal; >50% ML
Optics Unfocused/rhodium-coated Si mirror, Be lenses, harmonic rejection mirror, X-ray prism Unfocused/rhodium-coated Si mirror, Be lenses, harmonic rejection mirror, X-ray prism
Polarization Linear Linear
Pulse duration <100 fs (FWHM) <400 fs (FWHM, measured)
Synchronization <1 ps (RMS) <1 ps (90% of pulses within 1 ps window)
    30 fs (RMS) measured between laser and RF
Spot size on sample (H × V) (FWHM) 0.1 mm × 0.1 mm mirror 0.08 mm × 0.16 mm mirror
  100 µm × 15 µm mirror + Be lens  
Equipment Ultrafast laser (10 mJ at 800 nm), four-circle goniometer, CCD detector, Pilatus detector, X-ray sCMOS 16 M detector Ultrafast laser <50 fs (10 mJ at 800 nm; 0.1 mJ at 2600 nm and 530 nm), four-circle goniometer, CCD detector