X-Ray Light Sources
The Basic Energy Sciences program supports the following X-Ray Light Source national scientific user facilities:
Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS)
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
The LCLS is the world’s first hard x-ray free electron laser facility capable of producing x-rays that are both very intense and clumped into ultrafast pulses.
National Synchrotron Light Source II (NSLS-II)
Brookhaven National Laboratory
The NSLS-II is a state-of-the-art synchrotron light source which allows for scientists to probe the fundamental properties of matter, paving the way to new scientific discoveries and innovations.
Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Light Source (SSRL)
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
The SSRL produces intense x-rays as a resource for researchers to study our world at the atomic and molecular level, allowing for research and advances in energy production, environmental remediation, nanotechnology, new materials and medicine.
Advanced Light Source (ALS)
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
The ALS is one of the world's brightest sources of high-quality, reliable vacuum-ultraviolet light and soft X-rays, enabling a wide variety of scientific disciplines.
Advanced Photon Source (APS)
Argonne National Laboratory
The APS is one of only four third-generation, hard x-ray synchrotron radiation light sources in the world, which has brought about new discoveries in a wide range of scientific fields.
