Technical Data
| Beamline | S-TOMCAT | I-TOMCAT |
| Source | 5 T Superconducting bending magnet | Superconducting insertion device (U15 —> HTSU-10) |
| Energy Range | 8 - 80 keV, continuous spectrum white beam/monochromatic operation | 8 - 50 keV, discrete spectrum monochromatic operation |
| Strength | Large samples | High spatial resolution |
| Beam Size | Large | Small |
| Field of View | up to 60 mm (horizontal) x 5 mm (vertical) | up to 1.5 mm x 1.5 mm |
| Highest 3D spatial resolution | ca. 1 μm | ca. 100 nm in full-field geometry ca. 1 μm in parallel beam geometry |
| Max. temporal resolution | 20 Hz | 20 Hz |
| Endstations | 2 multi-purpose endstations | 3 dedicated endstations |
| Imaging Techniques | Absorption-contrast and propagation-based phase-contrast tomographic microscopy High-speed tomography for dynamic studies
| Absorption-contrast and propagation-based phase-contrast tomographic microscopy High-speed tomography for dynamic studies |
Location
The S-TOMCAT and I-TOMCAT beamlines are respectively located at the X02DA and X02SA ports of SLS.
Floorplan
S-TOMCAT has one experimental hutch housing two endstations. It has one control room, one dedicated sample preparation room, and one sample preparation room shared with I-TOMCAT.
I-TOMCAT has two experimental hutches housing three endstations. There are two control rooms: one for each experimental hutch. There is one dedicated sample preparation room adjacent to experimental hutch 1 and one sample preparation room shared with S-TOMCAT.