SPring-8, the large synchrotron radiation facility

Inquiry number

INS-0000001402

Nuclear resonant scattering is a cutting-edge method for the study of electronic states, spin structures and vibrational modes in materials science. In the experimental hutch 1, by using the high-resolution monochromators and nuclear Bragg monochromator, we can perform the inelastic nuclear resonant scattering and energy-domain synchrotron Mössbauer experiments for various Mössbauer nuclei such as ⁵⁷Fe, ¹¹⁹Sn, ⁴⁰K and so forth. Furthermore, Mössbauer micro-spectroscopy has been realized by using X-ray focusing optics (see photograph). These devices enable the measurements of electronic and phonon states of iron oxides, high-T_c superconductors, low dimensional conducting materials, and even nano-structured materials.

Synchrotron radiation Mössbauer spectroscopy station