Beamline Layout

The PolLux beamline has a toroidal Pt coated first mirror amd a monochromator with a choice of 300 l/mm Ni grating and a 600 l/mm Au grating. A higher order suppression mirror system has also been added between the grating chamber and the exit slits.

Layout of the PolLux beamline

The PolLux beamline and its component optics are well described in the following publications: 

Higher Order Suppressor (HOS) for the PolLux Microspectroscope Beamline at the Swiss Light Source SLS 
U. Frommherz, J. Raabe, B. Watts, R. Stefani and U. Ellenberger 
AIP Conf. Proc. 1234, 429-432 (2010). (pdf | doi:10.1063/1.3463232

PolLux: A new facility for soft x-ray Spectromicroscopy at the Swiss Light Source 
J. Raabe, G. Tzvetkov, U. Flechsig, M. Böge, A. Jaggi, B. Sarafimov, M.G.C. Vernooij, T. Huthwelker, H. Ade, D. Kilcoyne, T. Tyliszczak, R.H. Fink and C. Quitmann 
Review of Scientific Instruments 79, 113704 (2008). (pdf | doi:10.1063/1.3021472

The PolLux Microspectroscopy Beamline at the Swiss Light Source 
U. Flechsig, C. Quitmann, J. Raabe, M. Böge, R. Fink and H. Ade 
AIP Conf. Proc. 879, 505-508 (2006). (pdf | doi:10.1063/1.2436109

Mechanical Design of a Spherical Grating Monochromator for the Microspectroscopy Beamline PolLux at the Swiss Light Source 
S. Henein, U. Frommherz, R. Betemps, H. Kalt, U. Ellenberger, U. Flechsig and J. Raabe 
AIP Conf. Proc. 879, 643 (2007). (pdf | doi:10.1063/1.2436143)