Sample Environments

At the Diffraction Station, samples are mounted in air and at room temperature. We have a few standard sample holders for various measurement types. Any other sample support that is…

Solid-state end station

…a vacuum suitcase to the PREP. All the chambers can be pumped and vented independently. The base pressure of the LL is 1×10-9 mbar or better. A maximum of 12…

Technical Infrastructure

The Technical Infrastructure team is part of Engineering II and is in charge of Cooling, Ventilation, Compressed air, Cryo and gas systems. The team supports the entire MAX IV laboratory…

Preparation chamber

…Open cycle, compressed air or “cold gas” N2 Temperature control Home-made sampleplates with a thermocouple Thermocouple on cryostat Pyrometer Sputtering Dedicated Ar line, automated sputtering (*under development) Characterization LEED and…

Beamline optics

…collimating mirror (M1) At 24 m, 1° incidence angle, Au & Rh-coated, cylindrical, water-cooled Monochromator (c-PGM) At 26 m, plane grating monochromator, 1200 l/mm, blaze 1°, Au & Rh coating…

STM experimental station

…pressure in FEL chamber necessary for introducing the samples from air to UHV (~ 1e-7 mbar) is ~ 1.5 hours with the dedicated turbo and ~ 8 hours via gas…

In memory of professor Per-Olof Nilsson

…many then young researchers, who later played major roles in synchrotron radiation research, especially in Sweden, but also in Denmark,” says prof. Robert Feidenhans’l, chair of the MAX IV board….

The 3rd Pulsed High Power RF Sources Workshop held at MAX IV

…also helps create efficient ways of maintaining these systems,” explained Dionis Kumbaro, workshop chair and MAX IV research engineer. “Potential collaboration between several laboratories to develop an inexpensive and compact…