WaveGate
Synchrotron X-Ray Pulses tailored to your needs
The WaveGate Pulse Picker is a breakthrough hardware solution that tailors the time structure of synchrotron beams with exceptional precision. Designed for modern beamlines and demanding experiments, WaveGate empowers scientists and industrial users to isolate, shape, and modulate X-ray pulses in ways that were impossible before — all within a compact and minimally invasive design. WaveGate is the ideal X-ray chopper.
With a tunability range spanning from nanoseconds to several seconds, WaveGate gives users complete control over which X-ray pulses reach their experiment. This flexibility enables new measurement modes, enhances dynamic range and signal-to-noise ratio, and unlocks capabilities essential for next-generation materials science, chemistry, and ultrafast dynamics measurements.
Tailored to your needs
TXproducts provides customized design solutions to adapt WaveGate to specific timing requirements, geometries, or performance targets.
Technical Highlights
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Efficiency | > 20 % of Primary Beam |
| Switching Time | < 5 ns |
| Gate-Open Time | T < 10 ns – Infinite |
| Photon Energy | 6 keV – 30 keV |
| Maximal beam size | 1000 × 1000 µm² |
| Angular Acceptance | 2 · 10−3 ° @ 8 keV |
| ON-Off Contrast | C > 500 |
| Repetition Rate | 0 Hz – 5 MHz |
| Operation Mode | Master and Slave |
| Band Width ΔE / E0 | 10−4 |
Why WaveGate Matters
WaveGate gives users control of the X-ray exposure of their samples and equipment on a pulse-to-pulse level. As a result, WaveGate enables:
- Measuring up to 100 times faster
- Exploiting the full dynamic range of photon-counting area detectors
- Maximizing sample livetime by minimizing beam damage
- Enabling industrial R&D at synchrotrons
