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SYNCHROTRON-LIGHT FOR
SESAME is glad to announce that it is accepting proposals for experiments at its beamlines that may be implemented from October 01st 2025, to March 31st 2026.
June 21th, 2025
HIGHLIGHTS
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Non-destructive study of ancient glass and other vitreous materials from Southwest Asia: Using synchrotron X-ray computed tomography at SESAME’s ID10-BEATS beamline
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TXPES end station installed at SESAME
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Synchrotron X-ray phase-contrast microtomography of faience beads and Egyptian blue pigment fragments
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Environmentally friendly plastics, a step forward in the direction of sustainable materials
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SIRIUS-SESAME Collaboration Enhances XAFS Beamline at SESAME
TIMELINE
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January 2003
Ground Breaking
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April 2004
SESAME Formally Came Into Existence
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November 2008
Soft Inauguration
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July 2009
First Beam from SESAME’s Microtron Shows Up
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November 2011
Full Energy Microtron Beam Extracted
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September 2014
Booster Commissioning
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February 2016
Installation of Storage Ring Begins
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January 2017
Pioneering SESAME Light Source Circulates First Beam
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May 2017
Official Opening of the Laboratory
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November 2017
First Monochromatic Light through SESAME’s XAFS/XRF Beamline
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April 2018
First Synchrotron Infrared Spectrum
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July 2018
SESAME Hosts Its First Users
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February 2019
SESAME becomes the World’s First Large Accelerator Complex to be Fully Powered by Renewable Energy
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December 2019
Inauguration of SESAME’s Guest House
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December 2019
First light for SESAME’s MS beamline
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December 2020
MS is the third beamline of SESAME to start full user operation
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July 2021
Inauguration of SESAME’s Materials Science (MS) Beamline
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June 2022
Inauguration of the Helmholtz-SESAME Beamline (HESEB)
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April 2023
SESAME’s injector brought to a higher level of performance with installation of 2 Solid State Modulators for its Microtron
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May 2023
BEATS, SESAME’s fifth beamline sees light and expands the Centre’s scientific capability
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June 2023
Inauguration of BEATS, the BEAmline for Tomography at SESAME
