Asia and Australia are home to a fast-growing community of light sources, including some of the highest-energy machines in the world and several pioneering free-electron lasers. Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand and Australia all operate national facilities, and major upgrades are under way across the region.
DirectoryFacilities in Asia & Australia
SPring-8
Hyogo, Japan — one of the world’s largest, highest-energy synchrotrons, alongside the SACLA X-ray laser; SPring-8-II is in preparation.
View facilityPhoton Factory (KEK)
Tsukuba, Japan — a long-running synchrotron at the KEK laboratory serving a large multidisciplinary community.
View facilityUVSOR-III
Okazaki, Japan — a compact low-energy source optimised for vacuum-ultraviolet and soft X-ray research.
View facilityTLS & TPS (NSRRC)
Hsinchu, Taiwan — the National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center, operating two storage rings.
View facilityPohang Light Source-II
Pohang, South Korea — the country’s national synchrotron at the Pohang Accelerator Laboratory.
View facilityPAL-XFEL
Pohang, South Korea — a hard X-ray free-electron laser delivering ultrafast, ultrabright pulses.
View facilitySLRI
Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand — South-East Asia’s synchrotron, developing the new SPS-II fourth-generation source.
View facilityAustralian Synchrotron
Melbourne, Australia — a national facility operated by ANSTO, serving Australia and New Zealand.
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