The XAFS beamline BL01B1 at SPring-8

Uruga, Tomoya*; Tanida, Hajime*; Yoneda, Yasuhiro   ; Takeshita, Kunikazu*; Emura, Shuichi*; Takahashi, Masao*; Harada, Makoto*; Nishihata, Yasuo; Kubozono, Yoshihiro*; Tanaka, Tsunehiro*; Yamamoto, Takashi*; Maeda, Hironobu*; Kamishima, Osamu*; Takabayashi, Yasuhiro*; Nakata, Yoshiyuki*; Kimura, Hidekazu*; Goto, Shunji*; Ishikawa, Tetsuya*

An x-ray absorption fine-structure (XAFS) spectroscopy beamline, BL01B1, was installed at a bending magnet source at SPring-8 and has been open to users since October 1997. It was designed for XAFS experiments covering a wide energy range. Position tables and automatical control programs were established to adjust the x-ray optics and achieve the designed performance of the beamline under each experimental condition. This has enabled conventional XAFS measurements to be made with a good data quality from 4.5 to 110 keV.