Imaging at Synchrotron SOLEIL

SOLEIL includes several imaging platforms within the DIADEM perimeter, installed on the ANATOMIX, HERMES, NANOSCOPIUM, PSICHE, SEXTANTS and SWING lines. The various platforms have their own specificities to the host light lines, covering different approaches such as tomography, near-field and full-field microscopy, holography and ptychography, in a wide range of fields from soft X-rays to hard X-rays, and adapted sample environments. Platforms are accessible via project submissions to program committees, or via other access modes that may be set up as part of DIADEM.

Synchrotron SOLEIL, Saclay

Platform manager: Jean-Pascal RUEFF

Associated targeted project coordinator: Céline FIORINI


  • Beamlines: ANATOMIX, HERMES, NANOSCOPIUM, PSICHE, SEXTANTS, SWING
  • Source: Inverter
  • Accessible energy range: 70 eV – 100 keV 
  • Max. resolution: 25 nm
  • Techniques: micro / nano-tomography, near-field / full-field microscopy, ptychography; Fourier transform holography; coherent scattering imaging
  • Sample environments: low / high temperature; high pressure; electric / magnetic field

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Platform for High-Yield Accelerated Characterization of Materials at SOLEIL