The Institute for Synchrotron Radiation (ISS) was founded in July 2002 to take charge of the new synchrotron light source ANKA  of the (former) Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe. The tasks of the ISS are:

• to operate the synchrotron light source ANKA
• to develop the machine and the experimental stations
• to provide support for external scientific users
• to carry out industrial projects
• to maintain an active program of in-house research
• to develop synchrotron-based analytical techniques
• to apply  these techniques in diverse areas of science.

ANKA is mainly operating as a facility for the medium hard X-ray spectral range down the Infrared/Terahertz (IR/THz) range. In the European context ANKA exhibits clear technological characteristics in the fields of superconducting undulator technology and actinide research and, together with the synchrotron radiation source BESSY at Helmholtz Zentrum Berlin (HZB), leads synchrotron radiation based IR/THz research.

It runs three first-class X-ray lithography stations which are incorporated within the LIGA beamlines and completely certified according to DIN EN 9001:2008 as well as experimental stations in X-ray spectroscopy, imaging methods and scattering

It focuses its instrumentation, user operation and in house-research on specialized scientific and technological application areas which benefit from ANKA‘s location and from the fact that it is well embedded in the KIT (Karlsruher Institute of Technology) landscape positioning the facility favorably also in a European competitive context.

ANKA aims at a systematic improvement of the performance parameters of its storage ring, equipment of its X-ray beamlines with the most modern technology following the requirements of its application areas and development a national and international user community.

Full information on the ANKA facility can be found under: 

http://ankaweb.fzk.de/

User Information can be found under:

User Information