| Facility name |
Location |
Country |
Energy (GeV) |
Circumference or length (m) |
Commissioned for synchrotron radiation studies |
Decommissioned
|
| National Synchrotron Light Source (NSLS-II) |
Brookhaven National Laboratory |
US |
3 |
792 |
2015 |
|
| Synchrotron Ultraviolet Radiation Facility (SURF)
|
National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland |
US |
0.18 |
|
1961 |
|
| SURF II storage ring, Synchrotron Ultraviolet Radiation Facility |
National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland |
US |
0.25 |
|
1974 |
|
| SURF III Synchrotron Ultraviolet Radiation Facility |
National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland |
US |
0.416 |
5.27 |
2000 |
|
| Frascati Synchrotron Radiation Collaboration |
1 GeV electronsynchrotron (built in 1958) at
Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati
|
Italy |
1 |
12 |
1963 |
1970
|
| Institute for Nuclear Studies-Electron Synchrotron (INS-ES) |
Tokyo |
Japan |
0.75 |
34.78 |
1965 |
1997
|
| Institute for Nuclear Studies-Synchrotron Orbital Radiation (INS-SOR) |
Tokyo |
Japan |
0.5 |
17.4 |
1974 |
1997
|
| DESY (Deutsches Elektronen Synchrotron) |
DESY |
Germany |
7.4 |
|
1967 |
1987
|
| DORIS (Doppel-Ring-Speicher) |
DESY |
Germany |
3.5 (5 in 1978) |
289 |
1974 |
1993
|
| DORIS III |
DESY |
Germany |
5 |
289 |
1993 |
2012
|
| PETRA II |
DESY |
Germany |
12 |
2304 |
1995 |
2007
|
| PETRA III |
DESY |
Germany |
6.0 |
2304 |
2009 |
|
| European X-ray Free Electron Laser (EuXFEL) |
Schenefeld, near DESY |
Germany |
17.5 |
3400 |
2017 |
|
| Tantalus at the Synchrotron Radiation Center |
University of Wisconsin |
US |
0.24 |
9.38 |
1968 |
1987
|
| Synchrotron Radiation Center(SRC) |
University of Wisconsin |
US |
1 |
121 |
1987 |
2014
|
| Solidi Roma Synchrotron Radiation Facility |
Recycled 1GeV electronsynchrotron at Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati |
Italy |
1 |
12 |
1972 |
1975
|
| Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource (SSRL) |
SPEAR storage ring at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory |
US |
3 |
234 |
1973 |
|
| Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS) |
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory |
US |
8 |
3000 |
2007 |
|
| Anneau de Collisions d'Orsay (ACO) |
Orsay |
France |
0.54 |
|
1973 |
1988
|
| Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source (CHESS) |
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY |
US |
6.0 |
768 |
1979 |
|
| Progetto Utilizzazione Luce di Sincrotrone (PULS) |
recycled Adone storage ring with wiggler (built in 1968) at Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati |
Italy |
1.5 |
33.5 |
1980 |
1993
|
| Synchrotron Radiation Source |
Daresbury Laboratory |
UK |
2 |
96 |
1981 |
2008
|
| DCI storage ring – LURE (Laboratoire pour l'Utilisation du Rayonnement Electromagnétique) |
Orsay |
France |
1 |
|
1981 |
2006
|
| National Synchrotron Light Source (NSLS) |
Brookhaven National Laboratory |
US |
2.8 |
170 |
1982 |
2014
|
| Photon Factory (PF) at KEK |
Tsukuba |
Japan |
2.5 |
187 |
1982 |
|
| Super ACO-Laboratoire pour l'Utilisation du Rayonnement Electromagnétique (LURE) |
Orsay |
France |
0.8 |
|
1987 |
2006
|
| ASTRID |
Aarhus University |
Denmark |
0.58 |
40 |
1991 |
2012
|
| ASTRID 2 |
Aarhus University |
Denmark |
0.58 |
45.7 |
2013 |
|
| National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory (NSRL)
|
University of Science and Technology China, Hefei
|
China |
0.8 |
66.13 |
1991 |
|
| Beijing Synchrotron Radiation Facility (BSRF)
|
Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing
|
China |
2.5 |
|
1991 |
|
| European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) |
Grenoble |
France |
6 |
844 |
1992 |
2019
|
| European Synchrotron Radiation Facility – Extremely Brilliant Source (ESRF-EBS) |
Grenoble |
France |
6 |
844 |
2020 |
|
| Advanced Light Source (ALS) |
Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory |
US |
1.9 |
196.8 |
1993 |
|
| ELETTRA |
Trieste |
Italy |
2-2.4 |
260 |
1993 |
|
| Advanced Photon Source (APS)
|
Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL
|
US |
7.0 |
1104 |
1995 |
|
| Kurchatov Synchrotron Radiation Source (SIBIR-1, SIBIR-2) |
Kurchatov Institute, Moscow |
Russia |
2.5 |
124 |
1999 |
|
| LNLS |
LNLS in Campinas, São Paulo |
Brazil |
1.37 |
93.2 |
1997 |
2019
|
| SPring-8 |
RIKEN |
Japan |
8 |
1436 |
1997 |
|
| MAX-I |
MAX-lab |
Sweden |
0.55 |
30 |
1986 |
2015
|
| MAX-II |
MAX-lab |
Sweden |
1.5 |
90 |
1997 |
2015
|
| MAX-III |
MAX-lab |
Sweden |
0.7 |
36 |
2008 |
2015
|
| MAX IV 1.5 GeV Storage Ring
|
MAX IV
|
Sweden |
1.5 |
96 |
2016 |
|
| MAX IV 3 GeV Storage Ring
|
MAX IV
|
Sweden |
3 |
528 |
2016 |
|
| BESSY II |
Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin in Berlin |
Germany |
1.7 |
240 |
1998 |
|
| Indus 1 |
Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced Technology, Indore |
India |
0.45 |
18.96 |
1999 |
|
| DAFNE light
|
Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Frascati
|
Italy |
0.51 |
32 |
1999 |
|
| Karlsruhe Research Accelerator (KARA) |
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology |
Germany |
2.5 |
110.4 |
2000 |
|
| Swiss Light Source |
Paul Scherrer Institute |
Switzerland |
2.4 |
288 |
2001 |
|
| SwissFEL |
Paul Scherrer Institute |
Switzerland |
|
|
2018 |
|
| Canadian Light Source
|
University of Saskatchewan
|
Canada |
2.9 |
171 |
2004 |
|
| Synchrotron Light Research Institute [th] (SLRI) |
Nakhon Ratchasima |
Thailand |
1.2 |
81.4 |
2004 |
|
| Indus 2 |
Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced Technology, Indore |
India |
2.5 |
173 |
2005 |
|
| Australian Synchrotron |
Melbourne |
Australia |
3 |
216 |
2006 |
|
| SOLEIL |
Saint-Aubin, Essonne |
France |
2.75 |
354 |
2006 |
|
| Diamond Light Source |
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory |
UK |
3 |
561.6 |
2006 |
|
| Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility (SSRF) |
Shanghai |
China |
3.5 |
432 |
2007 |
|
| Taiwan Light Source |
National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center, Hsinchu Science Park |
R.O.C. (Taiwan) |
1.5 |
120 |
1993 |
|
| Taiwan Photon Source |
National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center, Hsinchu Science Park |
R.O.C (Taiwan) |
3 |
518.4 |
2015 |
|
| Metrology Light Source [de] (MLS) |
Berlin |
Germany[1] |
0.6 |
48 |
2008 |
|
| Beijing Electron–Positron Collider II (BEPC II)
|
Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing
|
China |
3.7 |
240 |
2008 |
|
| ALBA
|
Barcelona Synchrotron Park, Cerdanyola del Vallès near Barcelona
|
Spain |
3 |
270 |
2010 |
|
| Sirius |
LNLS in Campinas, São Paulo |
Brazil |
3 |
518.2 |
2018 |
|
| Synchrotron-Light for Experimental Science and Applications in the Middle East (SESAME) |
Al Balqa |
Jordan |
2.5 |
133 |
2016 |
|
| Iranian Light Source Facility (ILSF) |
Qazvin |
Iran |
3 |
489.6 |
Under Design |
|
| Center for Advanced Microstructures and Devices (CAMD) |
LSU, Louisiana |
US |
1.5 |
|
|
|
| Pohang Light Source II [ko] |
Pohang University of Science and Technology |
South Korea |
3.0 |
281.82 |
2011 |
|
| CANDLE
|
Yerevan
|
Armenia |
|
|
proposed |
|
| Centre Laser Infrarouge d'Orsay (CLIO)
|
Laboratoire de Chimie Physique (LCP), Orsay
|
France |
0.04 |
|
1991 |
|
| DELTA
|
Technical University of Dortmund
|
Germany |
1.5 |
115.2 |
1999 |
|
| Hiroshima Synchrotron Radiation Center (HSRC) |
Hiroshima University, Hiroshima |
Japan |
0.7 |
22 |
1997 |
|
| Institute of Free Electron Laser (iFEL) |
Osaka University, Osaka |
Japan |
|
|
|
|
| IR FEL Research Center (FELSUT) |
Tokyo University of Science |
Japan |
|
|
|
|
| Medical Synchrotron Radiation Facility |
National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Inage-ku, Chiba |
Japan |
|
|
|
|
| Aichi Synchrotron Radiation Center (AichiSR) |
Knowledge Hub Aichi |
Japan |
1.2 |
72 |
2012 |
|
| Photonics Research Institute |
Tsukuba Science City |
Japan |
|
|
|
|
| Saga Light Source (SAGA-LS) |
Tosu, Saga |
Japan |
1.4 |
75.6 |
2006 |
|
| Ultraviolet Synchrotron Orbital Radiation Facility (UVSOR) |
National Institutes of Natural Sciences, Okazaki |
Japan |
0.75 |
53.2 |
1983 |
|
| VSX Light Source |
University of Tokyo |
Japan |
|
|
|
|
| Free Electron Laser for Infrared eXperiments (FELIX) |
Radboud University, Nijmegen |
Netherlands |
0.015–0.060 |
|
1991 |
|
| Dubna Electron Synchrotron (DELSY) |
JINR, Dubna |
Russia |
|
|
|
|
| Siberian Synchrotron Radiation Centre (SSRC) |
Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics, Novosibirsk |
Russia |
2 - 6[2] |
366[3] |
1973[2] |
|
| Technical Storage Ring Complex (TNK) |
F.V Lukin Institute, Zelenograd, Moscow[4] |
Russia |
0.45 - 2.2[4] |
|
|
|
| Singapore Synchrotron Light Source (SSLS)
|
National University of Singapore
|
Singapore
|
0.7
|
10.8
|
2000
|
|
| Solaris (synchrotron)
|
Kraków
|
Poland
|
1.5
|
96
|
2016
|
|
| UCSB Center for Terahertz Science and Technology (CTST)
|
University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California
|
US
|
|
|
|
|
| Duke Free Electron Laser Laboratory (DFELL)
|
Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
|
US
|
0.2 - 1.2
|
107.46
|
1994
|
|
| Jefferson Laboratory Free Electron Laser (Jlab)
|
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia
|
US
|
|
|
|
|
| W. M. Keck Vanderbilt Free-electron Laser Center
|
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee
|
US
|
|
|
|
|
| The African Light Source (AfLS)
|
|
|
|
|
Conceptual stage
|
|
| Synchrotron Radiation Center, Ritsumeikan University (Ritsumeikan SR Center: RSRC)
|
Ritsumeikan University
|
Japan
|
0.585
|
3.14
|
1996
|
|
| NanoTerasu (JASRI, QST, PhoSIC)
|
Sendai
|
Japan
|
3
|
349
|
2024
|
|
|
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