VUV and Soft X-Ray Spectroscopy Stations in Japanese Synchrotron Radiation Facilities

Facility BL Light source Photon Energy (eV) Energy Resolution Photon Flux Beam Size at Sample (mm2) Note
KEK-PF BL-1C bending 20 ~ 240 1000 ~ 10000 1011~109 1 x 1 VUV and soft X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy
BL-2C undulator 250 ~ 1400 5000 ~ 10000 1011~1010 0.9 X 0.1 Soft X-ray spectroscopy
BL-3B bending 10 ~ 280 200 ~ 3000 1012 ~ 109 < 2fai VUV and soft X-ray spectroscopy
BL-7A
(RCS)
bending 50 ~ 1500 1000 ~ 9000 1012 ~ 109 2.5 x 0.5 Soft X-ray XAFS, XMCD, XPS
BL-8A
(Hitachi)
bending 38 ~ 2300 2000 ~ 1010 5 x 1 Soft X-ray spectroscopy
BL-11A bending 70 ~ 1900 500 ~ 5000 1012 ~ 109 2 x 1 Soft X-ray spectroscopy
BL-11D bending 60 ~ 900 2000 ~ 1011 1 x 0.1 VUV and soft X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy for solids
BL-12A bending 30 ~ 1000 1000 ~ 109 2 x 3 Characterization of VUV-SX optical elements, soft X-ray spectroscopy
BL-13C undulator 70 ~ 1000 1000 ~ 6000 1012 ~ 1010 5 x 1 Soft X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and XAFS
BL-16B undulator 40 ~ 550 1000 ~ 10000 1012 ~ 1010 < 1fai Soft X-ray spectroscopy
BL-18A
(ISSP)
bending 15 ~ 150 1000 ~ 2000 1011 ~ 109 < 1fai Angle-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy of surfaces and interfaces
BL-19A
(ISSP)
Revolver undulator 12 ~ 250 1000 ~ 1012 < 0.7fai Spin-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy (Mott detector)
BL-19B
(ISSP)
Revolver undulator 10 ~ 1200 400 ~ 4000 1012 ~ 1011 <0.5fai Spin-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy (SPLEED), Soft X-ray emission spectroscopy
BL-28A Helical undulator 30 ~ 250 1000 ~ 1010 < 0.5fai VUV and soft X-ray spectroscopy with circularly polarized undulator radiation
AR-NE1B Helical undulator 250 ~ 1800 1000 ~ 5000 1011 ~ 109 ~0.8 x 0.2 Spectroscopy with circularly polarized soft X-rays
UVSOR BL1A bending 600 ~ 4000 ~ 1500 1010 ~ 107 Soft X-ray spectroscopy
BL1B bending 2 ~ 40 ~ 1000 ~ 1010 VUV reflection, absorption, emission
BL2B2 bending 20 ~ 200 2000 ~ 8000 1010 ~ 109 Soft X-ray spectroscopy
BL3U undulator 80 ~ 500 > 5000 Soft X-ray emission spectroscopy
BL3B bending 6 ~ 40 ~14000 Soft X-ray spectroscopy
BL4B bending 75 ~ 1000 > 5000 1010 ~ 107 Soft X-ray spectroscopy
BL5U helical undulator 5 ~ 250 2000 ~ 10000 1012 ~ 109 < 0.5fai Angle-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy for solids
BL5B bending 6 ~ 600 ~ 500 1011 ~ 109 1 x 3 Instruments' calibration
BL7B bending 1.2 ~ 30 4000 ~ 8000 1011 ~ 109 < 1fai VUV reflection, absorption, emission
BL8B1 bending 30 ~ 800 3000 ~ 4000 109 ~ 106 Soft X-ray spectroscopy
BL8B2 bending 2 ~ 150 ~ 4000 1011 ~ 109 Angle-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy for organic thin films
SPring-8 BL17SU undulator
BL23SU APPLE-II undulator 300 ~ 1500 > 10000 > 1011 0.1 ~ 1 Surface chemistry station, Electron paramagnetic resonance on biological molecule station, Photoelectron spectroscopy station, Magnetic circular dichroism station
BL25SU twin helical undulator 500 ~ 3000 > 10000 > 1011 < 2 High resolution photoemission, Photoelectron diffraction and holography, Magnetic circular dichroism in the core absorption (MCD)
BL27SU figure8 undulator 170 ~ 5800 > 10000 > 1011 Industrial research, Atomic and molecular spectroscopy, Surface analysis and solid state physics
HiSOR BL1 undulator 26 ~ 300 photoelectron spectroscopy for solids
BL9 helical undulator 4 ~ 40 photoelectron spectroscopy for solids

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