ICON Layout

The ICON beamline consists of evacuated neutron flight-tubes looking through a pinhole with selectable diameters into the D2 SINQ cold source. The beamline has 3 measuring positions.

PosMain featureOptionsMaximum field of view
1Aperture wheel20mm + Be-filter1, 10, 20, 40, and 80mm
2Flight tubeEnergy selector and gratings-
3Beam limiters  
4Flight tubes  
5Imaging of small to medium sized samplesVertical and horizontal scanning of samples30 x 30 to 150 x 150 mm2
6Imaging of large samplesVertical and horizontal scanning of samples250 x 250 mm2

SINQ - call for proposals I-26

proposal submission deadline: 15 January 2026

The Digital User Office will be open for proposal submission approximately 4-5 weeks before the deadline. Of course editing and saving of proposals is possible any time.