Beamline 6.1.2: Full-field Soft X-Ray Microscopy

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The x-ray microscope XM-1 has been operational since 1994. It provides high spatial resolution (down to 15nm) imaging of samples which are transparent for soft X-rays. Its user-friendly design allows a high throughput of samples in a wide variety of applications such as nanomagnetism, materials and environmental science and biological applications. XM-1 is modeled after a conventional light microscope. The light we use is x-ray radiation emitted from a bending magnet, the lenses are zone plates, which are fabricated by the Nanofabrication Laboratory of CXRO and the image is formed onto a CCD detector. For more information, please see the XM-1 site