Fellow, American Physical Society, Materials Physics Division, for Innovative
use of synchrotron radiation spectroscopies in revealing the electronic and atomic structure of new materials, 2004
The accompanying technical sheets present the major techniques
of synchrotron radiation in greater detail, with examples of application areas and some exciting case studies that have been carried out at the ESRF.
It is of crucial relevance to underline that the use
of synchrotron radiation for structure - based drug design has become mainstream within pharmaceutical industry.
«In the
history of synchrotron radiation research, which is only about 45 years old, you can count the true breakthroughs on the fingers of one hand,» says David Moncton, Argonne's Associate Laboratory Director for the Advanced Photon Source.
Although the laser fell short of delivering x-raysthe ultimate goal of this
kind of synchrotron radiation researchthe beam produced in the experiment was 1,000 times more energetic than previous attempts, having a wavelength of 385 nanometers.
Pulse duration of 45 femtoseconds for monochromatized harmonics is 300 times shorter than the typical pulse
duration of synchrotron radiation (15 picoseconds) and is comparable to the pulse length of a free - electron laser (FEL).
An ensemble of software dedicated to the effiicent computation and
presentation of synchrotron radiation spectra, angular pattern, polarization and power density in the near and far field approximations.
We acknowledge the ESRF and ALBA for
provision of synchrotron radiation time at beam lines ID29, ID23 - 1 and ID30A - 1, and Xaloc, respectively, and the staff for their helpful support.
With performances multiplied by 100 in terms of brilliance and coherence, this new
source of synchrotron radiation will offer unprecedented tools for the exploration of matter and for the understanding of life at the macromolecular level.
It was not until the 1950s that a Russian physicist, V.L.Ginzburg, worked out the
theory of synchrotron radiation, which explains the observed radio spectrum.
The general industrial brochure describes some typical industrial applications
of synchrotron radiation and answers questions potential clients may have.