Berlin electron storage ring company for synchrotron radiation

BESSY is a research institution dedicated to the production and provision of synchrotron radiation for science and industry. Since 1998, BESSY operates the storage ring BESSY II in Berlin-Adlershof, the largest modern-generation synchrotron radiation source for VUV and soft X-rays in Europe, at present.

More than 200 international research groups use the 60 experimental stations at BESSY. Their investigations encompass solid state physics, atomic and molecular physics, as well as chemistry, archeometry and biology, resulting in some 250 scientific publications per year. The main technological applications and developments at BESSY take place in radiometry, information technology, material sciences and micro structuring.

In-house research activities concentrate on the development of a free electron laser for the spectral range of 20 eV to 1 keV and on investigations of clusters, nanostructures, dynamic of magnetization as well as on methodology of coherent photon scattering. BESSY operates an Application Center for Micro-engineering, which develops and fabricates micro components in cooperation with other institutions.

BESSY cooperates with several universities and research institutes, mainly via activities in the BMBF networks of competence micro technology, optical technology, surface treatment and biochips.

Being a service facility, BESSY supports the use of synchrotron radiation in many ways, in particular, by developing optical systems and measuring methods and by providing guidance support and equipment for experimental activities.
By three joint professorships with Berlin universities and by awarding several diploma and PhD thesis annually, BESSY contributes to the education of young scientists.

Berlin electron storage ring company for synchrotron radiation
Albert-Einstein-Straße 15
12489 Berlin
Tel: +49 (0)30 6392 2999
E-Mail: info@bessy.de

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Further Information: www.bessy.de