SLS – Swiss Light Source
The Swiss Light Source (SLS) is an X-ray synchrotron facility that has been operational since 2001. A comprehensive upgrade to a diffraction-limited ring was initiated in October 2023 and completed at the end of 2024. Currently new and upgraded beamlines are being commissioned in three phases. The upgrade ensures that research in photon science conducted at PSI remains at the forefront of rapid developments in medicine, bio- and pharmaceutical technologies, chemistry, physics, materials and advanced manufacturing.
Following the modernisation project, designated SLS 2.0, novel research and more precise investigations are now facilitated. With the implementation of this technical overhaul, SLS will continue to be positioned in the top tier of international synchrotron light sources.
Current operation status
Latest Scientific Highlights and News
La «licorne des mers» et sa spirale
Pour la première fois, la lumière synchrotron révèle comment des éléments de taille nanométrique constituent la défense spiralée du narval.
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
Nano-aperçus de la stabilité des os
Des scientifiques du PSI ont appliqué une nouvelle technique d’imagerie pour évaluer plus précisément la nanostructure d’un col du fémur. Leurs travaux pourraient contribuer à mieux comprendre pourquoi cet os se fracture relativement souvent.
