The biosafety level-2 macromolecular crystallography beamline(BL10U2)at the Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility

BL10U2 is an undulator-based macromolecular crystallography(MX)beamline located at the 3.5-GeV Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility.BL10U2 is specifically designed for conducting routine and biosafety level-2(BSL-2)MX experiments utilizing high-flux tunable X-rays with energies from 7 to 18 keV,providing a beam spot size of 20μm(horizontal)×10μm(vertical)at the sample point.Certification by the Shanghai Pudong Municipal Health Commission confirmed the capability to perform BSL-2 MX experiments.The beamline is currently equipped with an Eiger X 16 M detector and two newly developed in-house high-precision diffractometers that can be switched to perform conventional or in situ crystal diffraction experiments.An automatic sample changer developed in-house allows fast sample exchange in less than 30 s,supporting high-throughput MX experimentation and rapid crystal screening.Data collection from both the diffractometer and detector was controlled by an in-house developed data collection software(Finback)with a user-friendly interface for convenient operation.This study presents a comprehensive overview of the facilities,experimental methods,and performance characteristics of the BL10U2 beamline.

BL02U1:the relocated macromolecular crystallography beamline at the Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility

Macromolecular crystallography beamline BL17U1 at the Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility has been relocated,upgraded,and given a new ID(BL02U1).It now delivers X-rays in the energy range of 6–16 keV,with a focused beam of 11.6μm×4.8μm and photon flux greater than 1012 phs/s.The high credibility and stability of the beam and good timing synchronization of the equipment significantly improve the experimental efficiency.Since June 2021,when it officially opened to users,over 4200 h of beamtime have been provided to over 200 research groups to collect data at the beamline.Its good performance and stable operation have led to the resolution of several structures based on data collected at the beamline.

Tuning control system of a third harmonic superconducting cavity in the Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility

Beam lifetime is dominated by Touschek scattering at the Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility(SSRF).Touschek loss rate is affected by probability for scattering beyond the RF acceptance and the volume charge density of the bench.In the phaseⅡupgrade of the SSRF,a third harmonic superconducting cavity will be used to enhance the Touschek lifetime by lengthening the bunches.The Touschek lifetime improvement factor is affected by the voltage of a harmonic cavity.To stabilize the cavity voltage,a tuning control system was designed to control it.The design of the tuning control system was based on the SSRF third-generation low-level RF control system.Some hardware and specialized algorithms were redesigned to fit the harmonic cavity control.The design of the tuning control system is complete,and the control system has been tested.The test result shows that the fluctuation of amplitude is<±0.34%within 1.5 h,which satisfies the stability requirement.

The protein complex crystallography beamline(BL19U1)at the Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility

The protein complex crystallographic beamline BL19U1 at the Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility is one of the five beamlines dedicated to protein sciences operated by National Facility for Protein Science(Shanghai,China).The beamline,which features a small-gap invacuum undulator,has been officially open to users since March 2015.This beamline delivers X-ray in the energy range 7–15 keV.With its high flux,low divergence beam and a large active area detector,BL19U1 is designed for proteins with large molecular weight and large crystallographic unit cell dimensions.Good performance and stable operation of the beamline have allowed the number of Protein Data Bank(PDB)depositions and the number of articles published based on data collected at this beamline to increase steadily.To date,over 300 research groups have collected data at the beamline.More than 600 PDB entries have been deposited at the PDB(www.pdb.org).More than 300 papers have been published that include data collected at the beamline,including 21 research articles published in the top-level journals Cell,Nature,and Science.

Design of wide-range energy material beamline at the Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility

We report the design of a wide-range energy material beamline(E-line) with multiple experimental techniques at the Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility.The undulators consisted of an elliptically polarizing undulator and in-vacuum undulator that generate the soft and hard X-rays, respectively. The beamline covered a wide energy range from 130 to 18 ke V with both a high photon flux([ 10^(12) phs/s with exit silt 30 lm in soft X-ray and [ 5 9 10^(12) phs/s in hard X-ray within 0.1%BW bandwidth) and promising resolving power(maximum E/DE [ 15,000 in soft X-ray with exit silt 30 lm and [6000 in hard X-ray). Moreover, the beam spots from the soft and hard X-rays were focused to the same sample position with a high overlap ratio, so that the surfaces, interfaces, and bulk properties were characterized in situ by changing the probing depth.

Dose rate distribution of photoneutrons in an ID beamline of SSRF: simulations and measurements

Photoneutrons, emitted by means of photonuclear interactions when gas bremsstrahlung interacts with beamline components, can be another potential radiation source needed to be considered for shielding design and dose assessment of beamline. In this paper, simulations and measurements of photoneutrons dose rate at beamline BL09 U are carried out when Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility(SSRF) running at Top-up mode(3.5 GeV, 235 mA). A geometry model is constructed for the beamline BL09 U with considerations of the scattering process of the major optical components. The model is compiled into Monte Carlo simulation code FLUKA to calculate photoneutron dose distribution. Measurements of the photoneutrons dose rate were performed by using Environmental Neutron Monitor(ENM). Observation points were arranged uniformly along the inside and outside of the optical enclosure(OE) of BL09 U. The calculation results agree with experiments within the measurements uncertainties. It is verified that photoneutrons dose simulation is reliable. The simulation and measurement methods can be applied to evaluate the neutron dose level of other beamline stations, and provide references for the shielding design of the beamlines at SSRF in the near future.

Synchrotron radiation-based materials characterization techniques shed light on molten salt reactor alloys

From a safety point of view, it is important to study the damages and reliability of molten salt reactor structural alloy materials, which are subjected to extreme environments due to neutron irradiation, molten salt corrosion, fission product attacks, thermal stress, and even combinations of these. In the past few years, synchrotron radiation-based materials characterization techniques have proven to be effective in revealing the microstructural evolution and failure mechanisms of the alloys under surrogating operation conditions. Here, we review the recent progress in the investigations of molten salt corrosion,tellurium(Te) corrosion, and alloy design. The valence states and distribution of chromium(Cr) atoms, and the diffusion and local atomic structure of Te atoms near the surface of corroded alloys have been investigated using synchrotron radiation techniques, which considerably deepen the understandings on the molten salt and Te corrosion behaviors. Furthermore, the structure and size distribution of the second phases in the alloys have been obtained, which are helpful for the future development of new alloy materials.

The SLEGS beamline of SSRF

The Shanghai Laser Electron Gamma Source(SLEGS, located in BL03SSID) beamline at the Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility(SSRF) is a Laser Compton Scattering(LCS) gamma source used for the investigation of nuclear structure, which is in extensive demand in fields such as nuclear astrophysics, nuclear cluster structure, polarization physics, and nuclear energy. The beamline is based on the inverse Compton scattering of 10640 nm photons on 3.5 GeV electrons and a gamma source with variable energy by changing the scattering angle from 20° to 160°. γ rays of 0.25-21.1 MeV can be extracted by the scheme consisting of the interaction chamber, coarse collimator, fine collimator, and attenuator. The maximum photon flux for 180° is approximately 10~7 photons/s at the target at 21.7 MeV, with a 3-mm-diameter beam. The beamline was equipped with four types of spectrometers for experiments in( γ,γ'),( γ,n),( γ,p), and( γ,α). At present, Nuclear Resonance Fluorescence(NRF) spectrometry, Flat-Efficiency neutron Detector(FED) spectrometry, neutron Time-Of-Flight(TOF) spectrometry, and Light-Charged Particle(LCP) spectrometry methods have been developed.

Ultrahard X-ray multifunctional application beamline at the SSRF

The ultrahard X-ray multifunctional application beamline(BL12SW)is a phase-II beamline project at the Shanghai Syn-chrotron Radiation Facility.The primary X-ray techniques used at the beamline are high-energy X-ray diffraction and imaging using white and monochromatic light.The main scientific objectives of ultrahard X-ray beamlines are focused on two research areas.One is the study of the structural properties of Earth’s interior and new materials under extreme high-temperature and high-pressure conditions,and the other is the characterization of materials and processes in near-real service environments.The beamline utilizes a superconducting wiggler as the light source,with two diamond windows and SiC discs to filter out low-energy light(primarily below 30 keV)and a Cu filter assembly to control the thermal load entering the subsequent optical components.The beamline is equipped with dual monochromators.The first was a meridional bending Laue monochromator cooled by liquid nitrogen,achieving a full-energy coverage of 30-162 keV.The second was a sagittal bending Laue monochromator installed in an external building,providing a focused beam in the horizontal direction with an energy range of 60-120 keV.There were four experimental hutches:two large-volume press experimental hutches(LVP1 and LVP2)and two engineering material experimental hutches(ENG1 and ENG2).Each hutch was equipped with various near-real service conditions to satisfy different requirements.For example,LVP1 and LVP2 were equipped with a 200-ton DDIA press and a 2000-ton dual-mode(DDIA and Kawai)press,respectively.ENG1 and ENG2 provide in situ tensile,creep,and fatigue tests as well as high-temperature conditions.Since June 2023,the BL12SW has been in trial operation.It is expected to officially open to users by early 2024.

The hard X-ray nanoprobe beamline at the SSRF

The hard X-ray nanoprobe beamline BL13U is a phase-Ⅱ beamline project at the Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility.The beamline aims to enable comprehensive experiments at high spatial resolutions ranging from 50 to 10 nm. The X-ray energy range of the beamline, 5–25 keV, can detect most elements in the periodic table. Two operating modes were designed to accommodate the experimental requirements of high-energy resolution or high photon flux, respectively. X-ray nanofluorescence, nanodiffraction, and coherent diffraction imaging are developed as the main experimental techniques for BL13U. This paper describes the beamline optics, end station configurations, experimental methods under development, and preliminary test results. This comprehensive overview aims to provide a clear understanding of the beamline capabilities and potential applications.

Highly coupled off-resonance lattice design in diffraction-limited light sources

The round-beam operation presents many benefits for scientific experiments regarding synchrotron radiation and the weak-ening influences of intra-beam scattering in diffraction-limited synchrotron light sources.A round-beam generation method based on the global setting of skew quadrupoles and the application of a non-dominated sorting genetic algorithm was pro-posed in this study.Two schemes,including large-emittance coupling introduced via betatron coupling and vertical disper-sion,were explored in a candidate lattice for an upgrade-proposal of the Shanghai synchrotron radiation facility.Emittance variations with lattice imperfections and their influence on the beam dynamics of beam optic distortions were investigated.The results demonstrated that a precise coupling control ranging from 10 to 100%was achieved under low optical distortion,whereas full-coupling generation and its robustness were achieved by our proposed method by adjusting the skew quadrupole components located in the dispersion-free sections.The Touschek lifetime increased by a factor of 2–2.5.

同步辐射光源新增线站相关加速器安装与调试

以上海光源新增的双插入件04IVU波荡器和04Wigger扭摆器为例,介绍了已运行的同步辐射光源新增束线工程中加速器方面需要着重处理的工作。首先,介绍插入件的设计参数及磁测结果,并使用SPECTRA程序计算了其光谱亮度;详细梳理了插入件的安装过程遇到的真空盒工艺误差、安装任务冲突和项目安装超期等问题及其解决方案;阐述了插入件调试工作的物理机制,以及如何应用前馈补偿的方法抑制了插入件调试过程中束流轨道影响,双插入件IVU和Wiggler的最高亮度分别为3 keV时的5.86×10^(19)Photon·s^(−1)·mm^(−2)·mrad^(−2)·(0.1%B.W.)^(−1)和2.75×10^(15)Photon·s^(−1)·(0.1%B.W.)^(−1),校正后IVU和Wiggler最大轨道扰动均小于2μm。对前端区真空清洗工作的意义、方法和结果进行了分析,并系统性地介绍了主被动模式相结合的新方法,该方法实现了高效的真空清洗。归纳了试运行过程中遇到的联锁逻辑错误、前端区真空异常、安全光闸硬联锁等问题,并总结了应对措施,为双插入件更好投入运行提供帮助。通过这些工作的进行,该双插入件已完成安装并基本调试完毕,对其他光源新增线站相关加速器安装与调试具有一定的参考价值。

Development of the bunch-by-bunch beam current acquisition system at SSRF

In this paper,we report the development of a bunch-by-bunch beam current acquisition system.Through a waveform-reconstruction algorithm,the system realizes high equivalent sampling rate with a relatively low inherent rate.Based on the EPICS environment,information communication with other systems can be achieved.Preliminary test results in commissioning the SSRF storage ring show that the system can reconstruct the beam waveform of single bunch,providing a convenient and reliable method for the top-up operation in the future.

Beam trip diagnostic system at SSRF

In this paper we report the design and realization of beam trip diagnostic system at Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility (SSRF). The system can find out the first fault signal in the key operation signals related to the RF system by analyzing the time sequence, also it can decide which trips occurs first among the three superconducting RF stations. All the states of monitored signals in a time period ahead and behind beam trip are recorded. The results are compared with those from other diagnostic tools at SSRF. The work is of help in improving reliability of the superconducting RF system and stability of the storage ring operation.

Orbit correction algorithm for SSRF fast orbit feedback system

A fast orbit feedback system is designed at SSRF to suppress beam orbit disturbance within sub-micron in the bandwidth up to 100 Hz. The SVD (Singular value decomposition) algorithm is applied to calculate the inverse response matrix in global orbit correction. The number of singular eigenvalues will influence orbit noise suppression and corrector strengths. The method to choose singular eigenvalue rejection threshold is studied in this paper, and the simulation and experiment results are also presented.

The new X-ray imaging and biomedical application beamline BL13HB at SSRF

A new X-ray imaging and biomedical application beamline(BL13HB)has been implemented at the Shanghai Radiation Synchrotron Facility(SSRF)as an upgrade to the old X-ray imaging and biomedical application beamline(BL13W1).This is part of the Phase II construction project of the SSRF.The BL13HB is dedicated to 2D and 3D static and dynamic X-ray imaging,with a field of view of up to 48.5 mm×5.2 mm and spatial resolution as high as 0.8μm.A super-bending magnet is used as the X-ray source in BL13HB,which has a maximum magnetic field of 2.293 T.The energy range of monochromatic X-ray photons from a double-multiplayer monochromator was 8–40 keV,and the white beam mode was provided on the beamline for dynamic X-ray imaging and dynamic X-ray micro-CT.While maintaining the previous experimental setup of BL13W1,new equipment was added to the beamline experimental station.The beamline is equipped with different sets of X-ray imaging detectors for several experimental methods such as micro-CT,dynamic micro-CT,and pair distribution function.The experimental station of BL13HB is designed specifically for various in situ dynamic experiments,and BL13HB has been open to users since June 2021.

上海光源准直测量方案设计

上海光源在准直测量方案设计中面临的最大挑战来自于松软地基及高精度的定位要求。上海光源的准直过程分为控制网测量、元件标定、预安装准直、现场安装及平滑测量5个关键步骤。采用激光跟踪仪和静力水准系统等测量手段,将控制网精度设计为0.08 mm,其余步骤精度达到0.05 mm,以保证相邻共架机构的准直精度达到0.12 mm,优于0.15 mm的设计指标。方案在注重精度指标的同时,还兼顾了可靠性、测量效率、费用及实时监测的可能性。

基于同步辐射高能X射线的喷油器喷嘴内部几何结构及尺寸的测量

由于目前很难精确地对柴油喷油器喷嘴内部结构和尺寸进行直接测量,利用上海光源高能高通量同步辐射X射线,对喷油器进行X线层析扫描,获得了高精度的喷油器内部三维结构模型,并基于该模型实现了柴油机喷油器的喷孔孔径、喷孔间夹角、喷孔锥角以及喷孔上下倒角半径的测量。测量结果表明,用本文方法能够实现喷油器内部结构及尺寸的测量,且测量得到的各种尺寸参数具有较高的精度。

上海光源BPM纽扣电极束流负载热形变仿真分析

纽扣电极型探头主要用于束流横向位置测量,在拾取束流信号的同时会存在发热形变问题,有可能引入额外的系统测量误差,极端情况下甚至会导致设备损坏,在强流电子储存环的设计和运行中对此问题需要加以研究。介绍了上海光源储存环纽扣电极的束流负载热效应的分析建模方法,对不同束流流强、不同填充模式下的电极发热问题进行了ANASYS仿真分析。结果表明,在上海光源所有设计运行模式下,电极因束流负载引起的发热形变均小于加工公差,对位置测量的影响可基本忽略,但极端情况下探头内的温度可达270°C,存在一定的设备损坏风险,需要提出相应对策。

上海光源同步辐射空间干涉仪研制

研制了上海光源同步辐射空间干涉仪,用于储存环束团横向截面尺寸及发射度的精确测量。对干涉仪工艺设计中的光路参数、关键设备选型、数据处理方法及数据采集处理软件结构进行了分析讨论。结合束流实验完成了系统调试及运行参数优化,结果表明,CCD增益系数与曝光时间设置对测量精度有显著影响,增益系数设为0 dB,曝光时间设为200 ms时,随机测量误差可控制在μm量级。对上海光源储存环横向束斑尺寸进行了精确测量,结果表明:空间相干度曲线近似为高斯分布,可以采用单一空间频率的相干度测量值进行快速束斑尺寸计算;水平束斑尺寸实测值为52.4μm,与理论值预期值53.0μm相比,差异小于2%;系统测量误差约为5.5%,主要误差来源为相干度随机测量误差。