The 'Diamond' source starts working

The largest research device built in 30 years in the UK is finally ready to go into operation. The device is called " Diamond Light Source " - a 3rd generation synchrotron accelerator near Oxford that costs £ 250 million ($ 500 million) to build and will provide Researcher of monochromatic beams with wavelengths from microwave to X-rays.

This light from Diamond Source is emitted by electrons when they are driven circularly around a 560 m circumference by powerful electromagnets. These rays have a greater brightness than the light from the second generation Synchrotron radiation device, in Daresbury (northwestern England), up to 100,000 times. The reason it has this feature is thanks to a type of device called " undulator " installed on the motion path that makes the moving electronics become twisted around their orbit.

Photo of Diamond Ligh Source at Campus near Oxford

Three groups of researchers were selected to conduct the first tests of the device in a six-month topic to refine Diamond Source. In this group, Chris Binn, the head of the University of Leicester's solid-state physics team, will use this device to photograph magnetic materials used for high-quality computer hard disks. He will use the same beam as an optical emission electron micro porch, which he says is an invaluable tool to understand how these materials work.

Chris Binns of the University of Leicester: Diamond Source is a tool
invaluable to understand how these materials work.

Currently, Diamond Source has 7 beams , however, the 120 million pound research fund has begun to build 15 more beams and will start operating in 2011. Later, the device may be available. up to 40 beams, and 10% will be sold to industrial production.

However, it seems that this number is not enough even though it works 24 hours. Although Diamond Source was built in time and on budget, it was controversial about whether it should be built at its current location, or built on the foundation of the old Daresbury lab. This is also a problem for the French government, initially wanting to support the project before deciding to build a single source called Soleil near Paris. Soleil Laboratory officially went into operation in late December 2006.

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