Welcome to I13-1: Coherence

I13-1 is a hard X-ray beamline, operating in the 6-20keV range. The beamline specialises in high-speed, multiscale and multimodal coherent diffraction imaging and ptychography in both transmission and Bragg geometries. These methods provide nanoscale resolutions with a quantitative phase contrast and can often be combined with other methods, such as tomography and XANES, and complementary signals, such as fluorescence and diffraction mapping. The beamline supports users from all backgrounds and a wide range of research areas, from materials science to bio-imaging, allowing the community to apply these powerful analytical tools to their specific scientific challenge.

OCTOPI (Operando Computed Tomography and Ptychographic Imaging) is the Diamond flagship upgrade of the Imaging (I13-2) and Coherence (I13-1) beamlines. It addresses a user community for multi-scale and operando imaging. It aims to link the user program and instrumental capabilities, achieveing comparable recording times across three orders of magnitude in resolution.