Synchrotron Radiation Center Operations: 2001-2006

这份由国家设施和仪器计划授予威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校的资助将支持威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校同步辐射中心（SRC）的持续运行。SRC是美国最具生产力，创新，成本效益和用户友好的设施之一。SRC将继续作为国家用户设施，进行独特的困难和耗时的实验，从而在微观和纳米水平上对关键材料问题有更深的理解。这些活动与阿拉丁环的特征光谱很好地吻合，它集中在低光子能量处。SRC为涉及复杂样品制备和表征的实验提供高稳定性和光谱纯度的输出。超导体、低维固体、磁性纳米结构和细胞微分析方面的工作，以及尖端纳米光刻和微电路器件制造方面的研究将继续得到支持。这些资金还支持提高光束质量的低成本计划，这将导致光束尺寸减少3-4倍。这些将在5-50 eV范围内提供世界级的通量和分辨率，这对于探索价电子至关重要，但很难达到更高的能量环。这些努力的影响将远远超过五年奖励期。SRC将继续主办纳米技术中心（CNTech），这是SRC的一个主要的联邦和工业界资助的设施。作为美国国防部高级研究计划局的光刻测试平台和美国独特的培训设施，CNTech在为微电路器件制造提供基础和应用研究方面对国家和半导体行业不可或缺。此外，加拿大同步辐射设施（CSRF）依赖SRC作为其主机；这种合作将持续到加拿大设施（CLS）完成。SRC继续以其加速器物理的复兴项目为研究生培训做出重要贡献。这种教育努力是通过一个创造性的新的nsf资助的倡议，包括高中教师和学生加强。

This award from the National Facilities and Instrumentation Program to the University of Wisconsin-Madison supports the continued operation of the Synchrotron Radiation Center (SRC) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. SRC is one of the most productive, innovative, cost-effective, and user-friendly facilities in the U.S. SRC will continue to operate as a national users facility for uniquely difficult and time-consuming experiments that lead to new depths of understanding of key materials problems at the micro and nano levels. These activities match well with the characteristic spectrum of the Aladdin ring, which is concentrated at low photon energies. SRC provides output of high stability and spectral purity for experiments involving intricate sample preparation and characterization. Work on superconductors, low-dimensional solids, magnetic nanostructures, and the microanalysis of cells, together with cutting edge nanolithography and research in microcircuit device fabrication will continue to be supported.The funds also support low-cost plan to improve the beam quality, which will result in beam size reduction by up to a factor of 3-4. These will provide world-class flux and resolution in the 5-50 eV range that is critical for exploring valence electrons, but difficult to reach for higher energy rings. The impact of these efforts will be felt well beyond the five years award period. SRC will continue to host the Center for NanoTechnology (CNTech), a major federally- and industry-funded facility at the SRC. As a DARPA Test Bed for Lithography, and a unique training facility in the U.S, CNTech is indispensable to the nation and the semiconductor industry in providing fundamental and applied research for microcircuit device fabrication. In addition, the Canadian Synchrotron Radiation Facility (CSRF) depends on SRC as its host; this collaboration will continue until the Canadian facility (CLS) is completed. SRC continues to make important contribution to Graduate training with its reinvigorated program in accelerator physics. This educational effort is enhanced through a creative new NSF-funded initiative involving high school teachers and students.