Machine

We are entering a new era of opportunity with the advent of fourth generation synchrotrons. The progress in accelerator technology and the decrease of the electron horizontal emittance between one and two orders of magnitude offers the scientific community the opportunity to exploit much brighter photon beams and an increased coherence over a large energy range.

The proposed Diamond-II new machine lattice will be based on Double Triple Bend Achromats (DTBAs). This means an increased brightness and coherence of a factor of up to 70 and provides mid-section straights to allow the conversion of 4 bending magnet beamlines to more powerful insertion device beamlines while offering additional sources for 3 new beamlines initially, with the possibility of 6 further beamlines in the future.

This design increases the electron beam energy from 3.0 to 3.5 GeV providing greatly increased photon flux at higher energies.

To match the extraordinary gains offered by the Diamond-II machine there will be a major renewal and upgrade of existing beamline technologies to meet the new scientific demands. Diamond-II will see enhancements in beam quality and beam stability through new X-ray optics and instrumentation, state-of-the-art sample delivery, and manipulation through the development of optimised sample environments and scientific software solutions that meet the beamline demands for the acquisition, visualization and analysis of data.

The huge gains in throughput for many experiments will necessitate a transformation in Diamond’s ability to gather, manage and analyse the vast data volumes and data rates that will be generated.

Download and learn more about the details of the upgrade and engineering developments that Diamond-II will facilitate in The Conceptual Design Report.

Schematic of the current Diamond DBA (Double Bend Achromat, bottom) and the proposed design for a DTBA (Double Triple Bend Achromat) for Diamond-II (top).