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28 September 2023
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SLS 2.0: “Dark time” during the upgrade

Media Releases Research Using Synchrotron Light Large Research Facilities SLS 2.0

The SLS is shutting down temporarily as it undergoes a major upgrade.

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19 September 2023
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3D insights into an innovative manufacturing process

Media Releases Future Technologies

3D printing for creating complex shapes

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24 August 2023
(Image: Schofield / Constantinou)

Unveiling ultra-thin electron liquids in silicon

Soft X-rays enable scientists to visualise non-invasively the electronic properties of ultra-thin dopant layers buried within semiconductor wafers.

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21 August 2023
Christian Wäckerlin

“Molecular chains could be useful for the electronics of the future”

Future Technologies Micro- and Nanotechnology Fundamentals of Nature

Christian Wäckerlin talks about fundamental research into novel nanowires and their potential applications.

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19 July 2023
Michal Rawlik (links), Erstautor der Veröffentlichung, und Marco Stampanoni hoffen, die Brustkrebsdiagnostik mit dem neunen Verfahren entscheidend verbessern zu können.

Earlier detection of breast cancer

Media Releases Health Innovation

3D X-rays can improve breast cancer screening.

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22 June 2023
Ganter

A metal alloy like a sponge

Research Using Synchrotron Light Large Research Facilities SLS 2.0

Once the vacuum chambers for the SLS 2.0 upgrade are the right shape, they still need a special surface coating.

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15 June 2023
René Sieber

A six-metre high oven

Research Using Synchrotron Light Large Research Facilities SLS 2.0

The most complicated vacuum chambers for the SLS 2.0 upgrade are being built in the PSI workshop.

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13 June 2023
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Progress of the X06DA-PXIII beamline upgrade: First light in the optics hutch

On June 7, 2023, the PXIII project team successfully shone the first light into the optics hutch at the upgraded X06DA-PXIII beamline. It is an essential first step for testing new hardware and software solutions that will be implemented at SLS2.0.

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13 June 2023
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Tender X-rays show how one of nature’s strongest bonds breaks

Short flashes of an unusual kind of X-ray light at SwissFEL and SLS bring scientists closer to developing better catalysts to transform the greenhouse gas methane into a less harmful chemical.

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14 March 2022
Cristallina 1st light

SwissFEL Cristallina "first light" milestone achieved

First X-rays have reached the SwissFEL Cristallina experimental station on 14.03.2021 which is one day ahead of schedule. The achievement of this important milestone marks the beginning of the commissioning phase of the Cristallina project.

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18 January 2021
S-TOMCAT optics hutch has been successfully installed in W1 of 2021

SLS 2.0 approved - TOMCAT 2.0 cleared for takeoff!

In December 2020 the Swiss parliament approved the Swiss Dispatch on Promotion of Education, Research and Innovation (ERI) for 2021 to 2024 which includes funding for the planned SLS 2.0 upgrade. The new machine will lead to significantly increased brightness, thus providing a firm basis for keeping the SLS and its beamlines state-of-the-art for the decades to come. The TOMCAT crew is very excited that the TOMCAT 2.0 plans (deployment of the S- and I-TOMCAT branches, see SLS 2.0 CDR, p. 353ff) have been included in the Phase-I beamline upgrade portfolio. These beamlines will receive first light right after the commissioning of the SLS 2.0 machine around mid 2025. A first milestone towards this goal has just been achieved, with the successful installation of the S-TOMCAT optics hutch during W1 of 2021. The TOMCAT scientific and technical staff would like to thank Mr. Nolte and his Innospec crew for delivering perfectly on schedule. 

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24 November 2020
Gianluca Iori at TOMCAT.

BEATS beamline scientist from SESAME synchrotron trains at TOMCAT

TOMCAT welcomes Gianluca Iori, beamline scientist from BEATS - the new beamline for tomography at the SESAME synchrotron in Jordan, to a 3-month training on beamline operations. Gianluca’s visit is part of the Staff Training (BEATS Work Package 2) organized for BEATS scientific staff and SESAME control engineers. BEATS is a European project, funded under the EU’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme and coordinated by the ESRF.

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22 May 2019
APS fellow medal

Christoph Bostedt named APS Fellow

Christoph Bostedt, Head of the Laboratory for Femtochemistry, was named APS Felllow. He received his fellowship certificate at at the 50th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics (DAMOP) APS Meeting in Milwaukee.

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Head of Division
Prof. Dr. Gabriel Aeppli
Telephone: +41 56 310 4232
E-mail: gabriel.aeppli@psi.ch


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Elizabeth Bianchi
Telephone: +41 56 310 4377
E-mail: elizabeth.bianchi@psi.ch
E-mail: psd-admin@psi.ch


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Jessica Suberg
Telephone: +41 56 310 2346
E-mail: jessica.suberg@psi.ch
E-mail: psd-admin@psi.ch

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