To provide X-ray beams that are both very bright and very tightly focused, an Argonne team had to create a new system of mirrors, lenses and equipment for the upgraded Advanced Photon Source.
From designing powerful magnets to engineering a new system to swap electrons at the speed of light, Liu’s fingerprints will be all over the upgraded Advanced Photon Source.
Construction continues one year after the groundbreaking ceremony for a new building that will house cutting-edge experiments in many fields of science.
Working with one of the most accomplished X-ray optics teams in the world, Xianbo Shi designs beamline optics that will make science at the upgraded Advanced Photon Source possible.
Principal Mechanical Engineer Dana Capatina is responsible for the design of several of the new experimental stations that will enable many kinds of research after Argonne’s APS is upgraded.
