Here, we present the concept for the first commercial MeV-UED instrument. RI-Bornite makes ultrafast electron diffraction at MeV energies accessible to users who do not have the extensive resources required to build their own particle accelerators.

For more than 30 years, RI has been building unique instruments for the scientific community. This experience allows us to bring MeV-UED technology—previously confined to large-scale research facilities—to a much broader user base. In developing this instrument, our focus was on robustness and ease of use, while relying on components that have proven themselves at leading research institutions worldwide. At the same time, RI-Bornite offers extensive flexibility for customer-specific adaptations, including sample environments (solid, liquid, or gas), detector options (EMCCD or hybrid pixel), and diagnostic tools (electron spectrometers). The system can also be extended to the current state of the art with advanced features such as pulse compression and THz streaking.

Modern nano- and quantum systems require detailed information about atomic structures and their dynamics on atomic spatial (~1 Å) and temporal (~100 fs) scales. Meeting these demands calls for ultrafast time-resolved experiments. RI offers a complete Megaelectronvolt Ultrafast Electron Diffraction (MeV-UED) system, providing a high-brightness electron beam (ε = 0.5 mm·mrad), a flexible sample environment, a femtosecond laser system (Δt ≈ 50 fs) with pump (IR) and probe (UV) branches, as well as suitable detectors.

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