The Swiss Light Source SLS has been in operation since 2001. This large research facility, which is unique in Switzerland, began a comprehensive upgrade to a diffraction-limited storage ring in October 2023. The machine upgrade was completed by the end of 2024, and the beamlines are now coming back online. With this upgrade, photon science at PSI will keep pace with the latest developments in science, technology, engineering and data processing.
Following the modernisation project, called SLS 2.0, novel research and more precise investigations are possible. With this technical overhaul, SLS will remain in the top tier of international synchrotron light sources. The project is being funded as part of the ERI Dispatch 2021-2024 programme.
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Latest Scientific Highlights and News
Designing antiferromagnetic domains by stretching membranes in STXM
Researchers from an international collaboration between the United Kingdom and Switzerland have performed imaging of an antiferromagnetic iron oxide membrane using soft X-ray microscopy. By stretching the membranes using a gas cell, the team investigated the modification of domain structures under strain.
Gehörknöchelchen im Röntgenlicht – neue Technik enthüllt Strukturen in Rekordzeit
Am Beispiel eines Knochens demonstrieren PSI-Forschende, wie sich Strukturen biologischer Materialien von der Nano- bis zur Millimeterskala in kürzester Zeit erfassen lassen.
SOPHIE - A new endstation for high-resolution soft X-ray ptychography
A new PSI-designed and built soft X-ray ptychography endstation, SOPHIE, has been successfully commissioned. Routine sub-5nm imaging was demonstrated.
