ABSTRACT
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Synchrotron radiation was rst generated at the General Electric Research Laboratory (Schenectady, New York) in 1945 [1] using a 70 MeV electron synchrotron. Subsequent experiments by the General Electric team and by scientists using the Cornell synchrotron [2] revealed the unique combination of spectral and polarization properties of the radiation. However, it was not until 1961 that suf cient interest was generated in the scienti c community for an experimental program to be set up at the (then) National Bureau of Standards. In the early 1960s, synchrotron radiation research blossomed with the establishment of many rst-generation parasitic synchrotron radiation facilities built onto accelerators whose primary purpose was high energy or nuclear physics. In 1968, the rst synchrotron spectrum was generated from an electron storage ring [3]. However it was not until 1981 that the rst purpose-built, so-called second-generation, synchrotron radiation facility was commissioned at the Daresbury Synchrotron Radiation Source (UK).
