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By 
R.Vidwan Pandey 
EP13B1007
1.History 
2.What Is Synchrotron? 
3.How a Synchrotron Works? 
4.Why Synchrotron? 
5.Applications.
Edwin McMillan constructed the first electron 
synchrotron in 1945 
The first proton synchrotron was designed by Sir 
Marcus Oliphant and built in 1952.
Synchrotron is a particular type of cyclic 
particle accelerator that produces very bright 
light. 
Synchrotron light (also known as synchrotron 
radiation) is electromagnetic radiation that is 
emitted when charged particles moving at close to 
the speed of light are forced to change direction 
by a magnetic field
It produces not only visible light, but also infrared 
light, ultraviolet light and X-rays. 
The Light produced by synchrotrons are about 
100 million times brighter than the X-rays 
produced by an X-ray machine in a hospital. 
There are more than 50 synchrotron light 
sources around the world.
The Canadian Light Source has 
4 Components :- 
1.E-Gun & Linear Accelerator. 
2.Booster Ring. 
3.Storage Ring. 
4.Beamlines & End Stations
E-gun uses 220,000 v DC power to heat up a 
tungsten oxide “button” which emits a small 
stream of electrons into a vacuum tube. 
These electrons are sped up in the linear 
accelerator to nearly the speed of light.
The beam of electrons that enters the 
booster ring is roughly the same thickness 
as a human hair. 
This Booster Ring is surrounded with 
magnets that will accelerate the power of 
electron stream.
The result of these manipulations is extremely 
brilliant light called Synchrotron Light. 
The Electron Circulate around the Storage Ring 
are passed through wigglers and undulators to 
release Intense electromagnetic waves.
wigglers 
Undulators
Beams of synchrotron light are filtered to 
select the appropriate wavelength to answer 
specific questions. 
Scientists can observe the interaction 
between the light and the molecules in 
samples. 
Incredible amounts of data can be recorded 
from these experiments.
Synchrotrons produce extremely brilliant light:- 
 providing molecular level images 
 extensive chemical information 
 allows advanced technology microscopes
It Has Huge applications:- 
•Materials engineering(ceramic coating)
• Medical imaging and therapy(X-ray)
• Environment(pollutants in water supplies) 
• Forensics(forged documents) 
•Evaluate the performance of microchips
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synchrotron 
http://accelconf.web.cern.ch/accelconf/e96/PAPERS/ORA 
LS/FRX04A.PDF 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xv_GwCgpAc&spfrel 
oad=10 
http://www.clt.uwa.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0006/2 
301675/chapter02_2.pdf
Synchrotron