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Basic Characteristics of Synchrotron Radiation

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Many advances have been made in chemical structure research over the past three decades using synchrotron radiation. Synchrotron radiation has a number of unique properties. They include high brightness, high collimation, broad energy spectrum, variable polarization, coherent power, and subnanosecond pulse width. The third-generation storage rings with wiggler and undulator sources and lower electron beam dimensions are delivering over 1012 times higher brightness than laboratory-based sources. The future of synchrotron sources looks very promising with the development of energy recovery linac sources and free-electron laser sources. These will permit dynamic studies of chemical structure with subpicosecond time resolution. Commensurate with the development of X-ray sources, major progress has occurred in optical schemes to meet the challenging needs of chemical structure research. High-resolution monochromatization and submicron focusing of X rays present new avenues for the future.

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Shenoy, G. Basic Characteristics of Synchrotron Radiation. Structural Chemistry 14, 3–14 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1021656723964

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