These lists of useful X-ray related links can be sorted differently by clicking on a column header. The first list contains links to institutes or other sources of predominantly non-commercial informations. In the second list you will find commercial manufacturers and suppliers. For links to events like conferences please have a look at the events list.
Institutes and other sources of information:
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Description | Category | Country |
| optical constants | Useful optical constants and data about X-rays interacting with matter (photoabsorption, scattering, transmission, and reflection at E=50-30000 eV, Z=1-92 by B. L. Henke, E. M. Gullikson, and J. C. Davis) | database |
USA |
| X-ray optical constants | Useful optical constants and data about X-rays interacting with matter (photoabsorption, scattering, transmission, and reflection at E=1 eV bis 433 keV von NIST) | database |
USA |
| X-ray data booklet | X-ray data booklet of the Center for X-ray Optics and Advanced Light Source | database | USA |
| X-ray table of elements | Table of elements showing absorption lines etc. | database | USA |
| CRLs at IMT | CRLs made using the LIGA process at IMT / FZK / KIT | refractive lenses | Germany |
| EMAS | European Microbeam Analysis Society | institute | UK |
| Active X-ray optics | Improving Wolter X-ray telescopes by using piezo active optics | article>astronomy | USA |
| X-ray portal | "X-ray portal": >50 X-ray institute links | link list | Japan |
| ISA | ISA: Institute for Storage Ring Facilities in Aarhus; research in physics, chemistry, materials science and biology using accelerators and storage rings | institute | Danmark |
| University of Helsinki | Laboratory of microtomography in the Division of Materials Physics, Department of Physics, Faculty of Science at University of Helsinki | institute | Finland |
| ESRF | European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) | synchrotron | France |
| RRUFF | RRUFF-project: database of Raman spectra, X-ray diffraction and chemistry data for minerals | database | USA |
| ICSD | Inorganic Crystal Structure Database (ICSD): X-ray diffraction database | database | France |
| IRP | Institute for X-Ray Physics at University Goettingen | institute | Germany |
| MPI HLL | Halbleiterlabor (semiconductor lab) at Max-Planck-Institute: X-ray semiconductor detector research | institute: detectors | Germany |
| ELSA | Bonner Synchrotronstrahlungsgruppe at Physikalisches Institut, University Bonn | institute | Germany |
| BESSY | Berliner Elektronenspeicherring-Gesellschaft für Synchrotronstrahlung m.b.H | synchrotron | Germany |
| DESY | Deutsches Elektronen Synchrotron, Hamburg, Germany | synchrotron | Germany |
| HASYLAB | Hamburger Synchrotronstrahlungslabor at DESY, Hamburg, Germany | synchrotron | Germany |
| Wolfson | Wolfson Applied Materials Research Center at Tel-Aviv University: XRS-, XRD-lab | institute | Israel |
| ELETTRA | Elettra Synchrotron Light Source, Trieste, Italy | synchrotron | Italy |
| NIMS | National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) X-ray Laboratory | institute | Japan |
| PF | Photon Factory, Tsukuba, Japan | synchrotron | Japan |
| SPring-8 | Super Photon Ring - 8 GeV, Nishi-Harima, Japan | synchrotron | Japan |
| SSRC | Siberian Synchrotron Radiation Centre, Novosibirsk, Russia, and Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics | synchrotron | Russia |
| SSLS | Singapore Synchrotron Light Source, Singapore | synchrotron | Singapore |
| NatUniSingap. | X-ray diffraction laboratory at National University of Singapore | institute | Singapore |
| Kings College | King's College London: X-ray physics research | institute | UK |
| CXRO | Center for X-Ray Optics at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory | institute | USA |
| CXO | Center for X-ray Optics | institute | USA |
| IMB | X-Ray Facility, Institute of Molecular Biophysics, Florida State University | institute | USA |
| NCXT | The National Center for X-ray Tomography (NCXT) | institute | USA |
| Stony Brook | X-ray Optics & Microscopy at Stony Brook University | institute | USA |
| BioX at KTH | Biomedical and X-Ray Physics at KTH | institute | Sweden |
| TUD | Chair of Structural Physics of Condensed Matter at the University of Technology in Dresden | institute | Germany |
| RWTH Aachen | 2. Physical Institute B at RWHT Aachen | institute: CRL | Germany |
| Synchrotron map | The World of Synchrotron Radiation: a world map with all synchrotron sources | institute: synchrotron | UK |
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| 3E Corporation | X-ray machines for radiography and equipment | X | India | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Accurel | X-ray Inspection Service | X | USA | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Activexray | Retailer of medical X-ray imaging machines | X | USA | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Adonis | Medical X-ray machines | X | X | India | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Amptek | Energy dispersive detectors; X-ray sources | X | X | X | USA | |||||||||||||||||||
| attocube systems | Nanopositioning systems | X | Germany | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Bruker AXS | All kind of X-ray equipment | X | X | X | X | X | X | USA? | ||||||||||||||||
| e2v | X-ray sensors and systemes | X | X | X | USA? | |||||||||||||||||||
| Huber | Huber Diffraktionstechnik GmbH & Co. KG: diffraction and Positioning Equipment; stages, slits... | X | X | X | Germany | |||||||||||||||||||
| IFG capillary optics | Institute for Scientific Instruments GmbH makes capillary optics | X | Germany | |||||||||||||||||||||
| incoatec |
Microfocus sources, Goebel mirrors, Montel optics, XRF analyzer crystals, synchrotron optics |
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| miCos | Nanopositioning systems | X | Germany | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Microworks | X-ray optical components and micro structures | X | Germany | |||||||||||||||||||||
| PANanlytical | X-ray tubes, X-ray flourescence and diffraction systems | X | X | X | USA | |||||||||||||||||||
| phoenix|x-ray | X-ray inspection systems | X | X | X | Germany | |||||||||||||||||||
| Photonic Science | Scientific (CCD-)cameras | X | X | UK | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Roenalytic | XRF-analyser, coating thickness analysers | X | X | Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||
| RCO | Reflective X-ray Optics LLC: reflective X-ray optics with multilayer coatings | X | X |
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X | USA | ||||||||||||||||||
| SII Nano Technology | XRF analytics, scanning electron microscopes | X | X | X | Japan | |||||||||||||||||||
| SKYSCAN | micro-/nano- X-ray-tomography, sample stages, 2D/3D image analysis software | X | X | X | X | Belgium | ||||||||||||||||||
| Unisantis | X-ray technology: diffractometer and capillary optics | X | X | Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Xenocs | Curved X-ray mirrors | X | France | |||||||||||||||||||||
| XOS | X-ray optics and X-ray based analysers, doubly curved crystal optics, capillary optics | X | X | USA | ||||||||||||||||||||
| X-ray portal | >300 X-ray company links | Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| XRadia | Producer of X-ray microscopes, Fresnel zone plate lenses and calibration targets | X |
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