Compendium of XAFS beamlines in Asia & Oceania

This compendium of XAFS beamlines is mantained by the Commission on XAFS of the IUCr as a service to the scientific community. We list beamlines on which measurements of XAFS and related techiniques, both in the soft and in the hard x-ray regions, are possible; the widest possible range of applications is considered. Both presently operating beamlines and those which are in the construction, commissioning or design phase are included.

See our list of acronyms

The data is listed to the best of our knowledge; most of it has been obtained from facility websites and in some cases it has been checked by members of the IUCr Commission on XAFS, staff scientists or expert users. Special thanks to Kiyofumi Nitta (SPring8) and Hiroyuki Asakura (Nagoya University).

We welcome corrections and updates, which should be sent to Giuliana Aquilanti and Masao Tabuchi

Aichi Synchrotron Radiation Center

Beamline	Energy Range [keV]	Flux [photons/s]	Beam size at sample V x H [mm²]	Purpose	Status
BL5S1	5 - 20	10¹¹	0.3x0.5	General Purpose XAFS	Operational
BL6N1	1.75 - 6	7 X10¹⁰	0.2 X 0.6	soft x-ray XAFS, XPS	Operational
BL7U	0.03 - 0.85	10¹²	0.04 X 0.1	VUV XAFS, PES	Operational

Aichi updated 10 March 2014

Aurora (RitS, Ritsumeikan Univ. SR Center)

Beamline	Energy Range [keV]	Flux [photons/s]	Beam size at sample V x H [mm²]	Purpose	Status
BL-2	0.04 - 0.65	.	0.2 x 0.5	XANES	Operational
BL-3	3.5 - 9.2			XAFS	Operational
BL-4	1.8 - 10			XAFS	Operational
BL-10	1 - 4	10⁸ - 10¹⁰	3 - 6	XAFS	Operational

Australian Synchrotron

Beamline	Energy Range [keV]	Flux [photons/s]	Beam size at sample V x H [mm²]	Purpose	Status
XAS	4 - 50	10¹¹ - 10¹²	0.2 x 0.5	General purpose XAFS	Operational

BSRF

Beamline	Energy Range [keV]	Flux [photons/s]	Beam size at sample V x H [mm²]	Purpose	Status
4W1B	4 - 22	1.5 x 10¹⁰	1 x 10	General purpose XAFS	Operational

HiSOR

Beamline	Energy Range [keV]	Flux [photons/s]	Beam size at sample V x H [mm²]	Purpose	Status
BL3	1.8 - 3.2	10¹⁰	.	Surface XAFS	Operational
BL11	2.1 - 5.4	.	2 X 2	General purpose, XRD	Operational
BL14	soft x-rays	.	.	XMCD	Operational

INDUS-2

Beamline

Energy Range [keV]

Flux
[photons/s]

Beam size at sample
V x H [mm²]

Purpose

Status

BL-8

5 -20

0.5 x 0.25

Dispersive XAFS

Operational

BL-9

Scanning XAFS

Design & construction

NSRF

Beamline	Energy Range [keV]	Flux [photons/s]	Beam size at sample V x H [mm²]	Purpose	Status
U7C	4 - 13	3 x 10⁹	1 x 15	General purpose XAFS	Operational
U19	0.01 - 0.2	5 x 10¹⁰	1 x 3	Surface science, XMCD	Operational

NSRRC

Beamline	Energy Range [keV]	Flux [photons/s]	Beam size at sample V x H [mm²]	Purpose	Status
BL11A1	0.01 - 1.7	10¹⁰	1 x 1.5	XMCD, XMLD	Operational
BL01C1	6 - 33	3 x 10¹⁰	0.2 x 0.9	General purpose XAFS	Operational
BL16A1	2 - 8	5 x 10¹¹	0.4 x 0.5	General purpose XAFS	Operational
BL17C1	4.8 - 14.2	5 x 10¹⁰	6 x 10	General purpose XAFS	Operational

PAL

Beamline	Energy Range [keV]	Flux [photons/s]	Beam size at sample V x H [mm²]	Purpose	Status
IB2	.	.	.	MicroXAS	Operational
3C1	2.3 - 32	10¹⁰	1 x 10	General purpose XAFS, GIXAFS	Operational
7C1	5 - 30	.	1 x 60 (max)	General purpose XAFS	Operational
8C1	3 - 22	10¹²	0.5 x 0.5 to 2 x 40	General purpose XAFS, quickXAFS, in-situ expts.	Operational
10B	3.5 - 16	8 x 10¹¹	0.5 x 1	General purpose XAFS	Operational
2A	0.1 - 1.5	10¹⁰ - 10¹²	0.2 x 1	XMCD, XANES, PES	Operational
8A1	0.1 - 1.6	10⁸ - 10⁹	0.5 mm spot	XANES, microXAFS	Operational

Photon Factory

Beamline	Energy Range [keV]	Flux [photons/s]	Beam size at sample V x H [mm²]	Purpose	Status
BL-2A	1.7 - 5	2 x 10¹¹	1 X 1	General purpose XAFS	Operational
BL-2C	0.25 - 1.5	10¹⁰	0.1 X 0.9	XANES, XES	Operational
BL-4A	4 - 20	10⁸ - 10¹⁰	0.005 spot	microXAFS, trace elements	Operational
BL-7A	0.1 - 1.5	10⁹ - 10¹¹	1 X 1	XANES, XMCD, surface science	Operational
BL-7C	4 - 20	10¹¹	1 X 1.5	General purpose XAFS	Operational
BL-9A	2.1 - 15	4 x 10¹¹	0.35 x 1	General purpose XAFS	Operational
BL-9C	4 - 23	10¹⁰	1 X 1	XAFS, versatile x-ray station	Operational
BL-11A	0.07 - 1.9	10¹²	0.5 X 2	General purpose XAFS	Operational
BL-11B	1.7 - 5	10¹¹	2 X 5	General purpose XAFS	Operational
BL-12C	6 - 23	10¹¹	0.5 X 0.65	General purpose XAFS, dilute elements	Operational
BL-27B	4 - 20	10¹¹	6 X 40	General purpose XAFS, radiobiology	Operational
AR-NW2A	5 - 20	10¹³	0.3 X 0.3	dispersive XAFS, time resolved	operational
AR-NW10A	8 - 42	6 x 10¹⁰	0.5 X 1.1	General purpose XAFS	Operational
AR-NW14A	5 - 20		0.2 X 0.4	time resolved XAFS and XRD	Operational

SAGA

Beamline	Energy Range [keV]	Flux [photons/s]	Beam size at sample V x H [mm²]	Purpose	Status
BL07	5 - 35	7 x 10⁹	0.5 x 1.4		Operational
BL11	2.1 - 23	2 x 10⁹	1 x 5	General purpose XAFS	Operational
BL12	0.04 - 1.5	10⁸ - 10⁹	0.5 - 1.5	XPS & soft x-ray XAFS	Operational
BL15	2.1 - 23	10⁸ - 10¹¹	0.5 x 0.4	General purpose XAFS	Operational

SESAME

Beamline	Energy Range [keV]	Flux [photons/(s mm²)]	Beam size at sample V x H [mm²]	Purpose	Status
A1	3 - 30	.	.	General purpose XAFS	Planned

SLRI, Siam

Beamline

Energy Range [keV]

Flux
[photons/s]

Beam size at sample
V x H [mm²]

Purpose

Status

BL4

2.5 - 8

dispersive XAS, time resolved, high P/T

Planned/

Construction

BL8

1.25 - 10

10⁸ - 10¹⁰

1 x 10

General purpose

Operational

SPring8

Beamline	Energy Range [keV]	Flux [photons/s]	Beam size at sample V x H [mm²]	Purpose	Status
BL01B1	3.8 - 113	10⁹ - 10¹¹	0.2 x 5	General purpose XAFS, dilute elements	Operational
BL14B2	3.8 - 72	10¹⁰	0.2 x 5	General purpose XAFS, dilute elements, industrial applications	Operational
BL25SU	0.22 - 2	5 x 10¹¹	.	XMCD, PES, ARPES, PED,PEEM	Operational
BL27SU	0.17 - 2.8	10¹¹	0.010 (V)	XAS	Operational
BL28B2	8 - 40	10⁹ - 10¹¹	10 x 10	Dispersive XAFS	Operational
BL37XU	5 - 37	10¹²- 10¹³	0.7 x 0.2	micro XAFS / XRF	Operational
BL39XU	5 - 38	2 x 10¹³	0.6 x 0.6	XMCD, XES, microXAFS	Operational
BL40XU	8 - 17	10¹²- 10¹³	0.04 x 0.25	Time resolved XAFS	Operational

SSLS

Beamline	Energy Range [keV]	Flux [photons/s]	Beam size at sample V x H [mm²]	Purpose	Status
SINS	0.05 - 1.2	10¹⁰	0.2 x 1.5	XANES, XMCD	Operational
XDD	2.3 - 10	10¹⁰	3.1 x 8	General purpose XAFS	Operational

SSRC

Beamline	Energy Range [keV]	Flux [photons/s]	Beam size at sample V x H [mm²]	Purpose	Status
EXAFS	.	.	.	.	.
Soft EXAFS	.	.	.	.	.

SSRF

Beamline	Energy Range [keV]	Flux [photons/s]	Beam size at sample V x H [mm²]	Purpose	Status
BL14W1	3.5 - 50	2 x 10¹³	0.25 x 0.25	General purpose XAFS	Construction
BL08U1-A	0.25 - 2	10⁹	50 nm spot	micro-XANES	Construction

UVSOR

Beamline	Energy Range [keV]	Flux [photons/s]	Beam size at sample V x H [mm²]	Purpose	Status
BL1A	0.6 - 4	.	1 x 15	General purpose XAFS	Operational
BL3U	0.06 - 0.8	.	1 x 3	Surface science, XMCD	Operational

General update on the 4th of September, 2012

These pages are maintained by the Commission. Last updated: 15 Oct 2021

Operating facilities	Facilities under construction
AichiSR (Aichi, Japan)
Aurora (Ritsumeikan U. SR Center, RitS)
Australian Synchrotron (Victoria, Australia)	SESAME (Allaan, Jordan)
BSRF (Beijing, China)
HiSOR(Hiroshima, Japan)	.
INDUS-2 (Indore, India)
NSRF (Hefei, China)	.
NSRRC (Hsinshu, Taiwan, ROC)	.
PAL (Pohang, Korea)	.
Photon Factory (Tsukuba, Japan)	.
SAGA (Tosu, Japan)	.
SLRI, Siam (Nakhon, Thailand)	.
SPring-8 (Hyogo pref, Japan)	.
SSLS (Singapore)	.
SSRC (Novosibirsk, Russia)	.
SSRF (Shangai, China)
UVSOR