SwissFEL ARAMIS and ATHOS Beamlines

ARAMIS hard X-ray beamline

(in operation)
 

• hard X-ray FEL, λ=0.1-0.7 nm
• linear polarization, variable gap, in-vacuum undulators
• first users 2017
• operation modes: SASE & self seeded

For the ARAMIS beamline, two experimental stations are active and one under construction, namely:

1. experimental station Alvra
2. experimental station Bernina
3. experimental station Cristallina (under construction)

The X-ray pulses are deflected by special high precision mirrors to the different experimental stations. Every 10 ms, an X-ray pulse is generated in the ARAMIS beam line

1. experimental station Maloja
2. experimental station Furka

Alvra Instrument

The Alvra end station of SwissFEL specializes in measuring the ultrafast dynamics of photochemical and photobiological systems using a variety of X-ray scattering and spectroscopic techniques. For the Alvra branch, the Alvra Prime chamber and Alvra Flex in-air instruments are available with the following parameters: SwissFEL Alvra experimental station

For questions and further information about Alvra contact:  Dr. Camila Bacellar

Bernina Instrument

The Bernina instrument presently provides two interchangeable platforms, the X-ray Diffractometer (XRD) equipped with a two circle detector arm, and the General Purpose Station (GPS) with a multi-purpose horizontal 2-theta arm. Both platforms/endstations can be completed with a sample platform choice of a 6 DOF heavy load goniometer, a 2-circle surface diffractometer combination plus hexapod, and a kappa arm. An additional 6 DOF robot arm can be used for flexible detector positioning.

General information can be found at: SwissFEL Instrument Bernina

For questions and further information about Bernina contact: Dr. Henrik Lemke