News

2019

Updating operations software from Debian8 to Debian9 (Jan. 2019)
2 circle diffractometer with double sided laser heating for single crystal diffraction is now available for general users (Feb. 2019)DESY
dDAC setup with fast GaAs Lambda detectors is now available to general users (March 2019)
New submicron focus (0.8 x 0.8 micron @ 25.6 keV) is now available to users of the general purpose experiment (July 2019)

2020

Phase plates for improved CRL focusing on the GP experiment has been installed in 2020 and is now available to users
Sub-micron sample stack for the GP experiment (funded by the Verbundforschungs BMBF project, PI: N. Dubrovinskaya) has been installed in 2020 and is now available to users
Second vacuum chamber for 4pin resistive pin DAC has been commissioned in 2020 and is now available to users
New scaffolding for the beamstop/diode setup at the GP experiment has been installed and commissioned
New light in coupling on the LH experiment has been installed in 2020 and is available to users
In 2020/2021: the observation system of the LH was updated in an effort to stabilized the system

2021

In 2021-A: pinhole x on the GP was installed in order to get the pinhole closer to the DAC
In 2021-A: new GE pressure controllers were installed on both experimental setups. 2 channels at each setup are now available to the users
In 2021-A: new glove box with dedicated microscope was installed in preparation lab (L017)
2021 July: New cooling block for DAC at the LH setup have been commissioned

2022

2022-A: Second GE pressure controller installed
2022-A: Cryo-Loading of Ar and NH₃ is now possible
2022-A: New air baring rotation on the LH sample stack improves significantly ability to collect single crystal diffraction data
2022-B: Laser drilling machine is out of order because of lack of cavity gas
2022-B: 4K cryostat was finally successfully commissioned => powder & single crystal is working
2022-B: Off line laser heating system is back online and can be used by general users (preferentially by GP users)
2022-Dec.: Methane gas loading is available to general users

2023

2023-Jan.: New SymDAC and BX90 DACs have arrived and are available
2023-Jan-Feb.: Switch to Debian 11 completed along with computer hardware upgrade and new installment of beamline control and scan tracker
2023-Feb.: New 2.3 MPix GaAs Lambda detectors are commissioned and can operate at 24 kHz in 1 bit mode.
2023-Feb.: New x-ray diffraction and imaging setup has been installed
2023-A: Due to shortage of liq. He supply, all cryostat experiments are cancelled
2023-A: Due to shortage of Ne, only He gas loading is available to general users

2024

2024-A and B: Both liq. He for cryostats and Ne gas loading are available
2024-A: Improved sub-micron focusing at 25.6 keV are available
2024-A: Laser heated dDAC has been commissioned (development with the high-pressure group from LLNL)
2024-B: New laser drilling machine from Trumpf is now available for general users
2024-B: Beamline OS is being switching to Debian 12
2024-B: Offline Raman and Ruby have been upgraded

2025

2025-A: Beamline will offer PCI and x-ray diffraction setup to general users both at the LH and GP experimental setup (development with the high-pressure group from LLNL, for detail contact the beamline staff)
2025-A: Beamline will offer new Lambda 9M GaAs detector to general users
2025-A: P02.2 in collaboration with the ErUM project from C. Prescher (Uni. Freiburg) will offer a Soller slit system with CdTe Pilatus detector for the study of non-crystalline materials
2025-A: Beamline will offer laser heating dDAC to users (development with the high-pressure group from LLNL)

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