The objective of the Helmholtz International Beamline for Extreme Fields (HIBEF) user consortium is to contribute and operate different experimental setups at the High Energy Density (HED) beamline of the European XFEL (with worldwide unique ultrashort and extremely bright X-ray flashes).

The High Energy Density (HED) scientific instrument, together with the HIBEF user consortium, is a new, unique platform for experiments combining hard X-ray FEL radiation and the capability to generate matter under extreme conditions of pressure, temperature or electric field using the FEL, high energy optical lasers, or pulsed magnets. …

High-speed tomographic and micro-PIV:

• double pulsed Nd_YAG laser (1 kHz, 527 nm)
• 3 high-speed Phantom VEO 410L cameras (1280 x 800 pix, 4000 fps) with image doubler
• shadowgraph optics using blue backlight illumination

Gatan based OneView Camera with 25 frames per second at full 4k x 4k resolution and with real-time drift correction and extended dynamic range beyond 16-bits (no beam stop required)
Next-generation GIF Continuum K3 System with direct detection that enables EELS and EFTEM applications. The system includes a K3 CMOS …