| Energy range | 250-1600 eV |
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| Spectral resolution | >3000 |
| Polarization | Linear horizontal Circular (right/left) |
| Endstation | Scanning transmission x-ray microscopy (STXM) spatial resolution (focus size) < 40 nm, sample chamber vacuum (10-6 mbar) to 1 atm inert gas or He |
Current Highlights and News
Supersampled Scanning Transmission X-ray Microscopy
Researchers from a Swiss-German collaboration have developed a new method for scanning transmission X-ray microscopy substantially reducing the impact of mechanical vibrations and imaging overheads, allowing for routine high-resolution imaging experiments
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.
Skyrmion topology quantified in 3D
Researchers from an international collaboration between the United States of America and Switzerland have performed three-dimensional magnetic imaging of a magnetic skyrmion using soft X-ray laminography. This allowed for the investigation, in three dimensions, of the topological profile of the magnetic skyrmions.
Call schedule
| Call for proposals I-27 | |
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| Experimental Period | I-27 |
| Call | 01 September 2026 |
| Submission deadline | 15 October 2026 (midnight, 23:59 CEST) |
| Start period | 01 March 2027 |
| End period | 31 August 2027 |
| Notification of outcome | December 2026 / January 2027 |
