Major Facilities at the Cambridge Atom Scattering Centre

Photograph of the Spin-Echo Laboratory

We run the Cambridge Atom Scattering Centre (CASC), which operates the facilities that underpin our research.

Several major pieces of instrumentation within the centre include:

Spin-Echo:

  • a unique and world-leading instrument
  • provides correlation measurements that combine both picosecond time and Angstrom spatial resolution
  • ideal for diffusion and vibrational studies

Atom Diffractometer (‘Miniscat’):

  • a compact, general purpose instrument for atom-surface scattering
  • well suited to growth, diffraction and related measurements (e.g. e-ph coupling)
  • also used for sample preparation

A-SHeM:

  • first generation Scanning Helium Microscope (SHeM)
  • single detector, high resolution

B-SHeM:

  • second generation Scanning Helium Microscope (SHeM)
  • multi-detector capability with horizontal geometry and flexible sample access

CASC systems are available to external users for both collaborative and non-collaborative research.

For more information, visit the Cambridge Atom Scattering Centre website.