Kathy Harkay was there at the start of the APS, working to determine the limits of what the machine could do. Now she’s working on upgrading the facility, and is looking forward to test-driving the new APS.
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.
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.
