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Txm endstation

The in-house transmission X-ray microscope (TXM): a granite-supported sample stage carrying the rotation axis and the zone-plate optics for in-situ nano-tomography. This is 32-ID's tomography instrument and the one endstation this scaffold models.

Enclosure: 32-ID-C.

Note

The published TXM overview mixes pre-APS-U and current hardware (TXM-1), so every device is carried confirm. The TXM-specific optics (condenser, objective zone plate, phase ring) bind to the Condenser, ZonePlate, and PhaseRing catalog Families, which graduated once FXI became a second deployment sharing them. Their optical details are OPTICS-1..3.

Name Family PV Key specs Replaceable Status
TXMGranite Table z mm: 64000
granite stage support carrying the TXM sample system and optics (TXM overview labels 1, 4, 5)
new confirm
TXMRotary RotaryStage tomographic rotation axis (Aerotech assumed); model and encoder unconfirmed (TXM-1) new confirm
TXMSamplePositioning LinearStage sample centring and alignment stack (Kohzu assumed); axes and travel unconfirmed (TXM-1) new confirm
Condenser Condenser beam-condensing optic upstream of the sample (capillary or condenser zone plate); type unconfirmed (OPTICS-1). Catalog Family (graduated once FXI shared it) new confirm
ZonePlate ZonePlate objective Fresnel zone plate forming the magnified image; outermost-zone width and diameter unconfirmed (OPTICS-2). Catalog Family (graduated once FXI shared it) new confirm
PhaseRing PhaseRing Zernike phase ring for phase contrast, inserted or retracted (txm img phase_ring_out); details unconfirmed (OPTICS-3). Catalog Family (graduated once FXI shared it) new confirm