X-ray spectroscopy is a demanded tool across multiple user communities. Here we report on a new station for X-ray emission spectroscopy at the Extreme Light Infrastructure Beamlines Facility. The instrument utilizes the von Hamos geometry and works with a number of different sample types, notably including liquid systems. We demonstrate a simple and reliable method for source position control using two cameras. This approach addresses energy calibration dependence on sample position, which is a characteristic source of measurement uncertainty for wavelength dispersive spectrometers in XES arrangement. We also present a straightforward procedure for energy calibration of liquid and powder samples to a thin film reference. The developed instrumentation enabled us to perform the first experimental determination of the Kα lines of liquidized K3Fe(CN)6 as well as powdered and liquidized FeNH4(SO4)2. Finally, we report on proof-of-principle use of a colliding jet liquid sample delivery system in an XES experiment.

ELI Beamlines Facility The Extreme Light Infrastructure ERIC Za Radnicí 835 25241 Dolní Břežany Czech Republic

Hamburg University and The Hamburg Centre for Ultrafast Imaging Luruper Chaussee 149 22761 Hamburg Germany

Institute of Nuclear Physics PAN Radzikowskiego 152 31 342 Kraków Poland

National Synchrotron Radiation Centre SOLARIS Czerwone Maki 98 30 392 Kraków Poland

Uppsala University Lägerhyddsvägen 1 SE 751 05 Uppsala Sweden

Wigner Research Centre for Physics Konkoly Thege Miklós 29 33 Budapest 1121 Hungary

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Compact laser-driven plasma X-ray source for time-resolved diffraction, spectroscopy and imaging experiments at ELI Beamlines

Engraving of stainless-steel wires to improve optical quality of closed-loop wire-guided flow jet systems for optical and X-ray spectroscopy