What's New:

• 2009.2.23 J. Synchrotron Rad. (2009). 16　”Performance of the far-IR beamline of the 6 MeV tabletop synchrotron light source”　
  MIRRORCLE-6X Far infrared power is comparable to the UVSOR coherent Synchrotron radiation.
  


• 2009.2.23 We release MIRRORCLE-CV4 total Photon Flax. You can perform advanced X-ray analysis.



• 2008.9.26 Monochromatic X-ray intensity from MIRRORCLE 20SX is advanced by one order than that from 1kW X-ray tube.



• 2008.10.25-28 17th International Conference of Nondestrictive @Shanghai China



• 2008.8.23-31 Invited talk was given at IUCr2008. PDF file of the talk is available.
  
  
  
• 2008.8.10-14Invited paper title "MIRRORCLE light source demonstrating one micronresolution and clear density mapping" was given at SPIE Optics+Photonics conference (@SanDiegoUSA) . You can download the paper.
  
  
• The European commission has proposed establishing a Research facility called "MIRRORCLE EU Center" in Europe. Five organizations, with Katholieke University of Leuven as the lead participant, are designing beamlines. [Reference]
  
  
• Professor Yamada of Ritsumeikan Univeristy and CTO of PPL received a Science & Technology Award from the Minister of MEXT (Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology) in Japan at April 17, 2007.
  
  
• Photon Production Laboratory announces the release of the newest MIRRORCLE products: MIRRORCLE-CV1 and MIRRORCLE-CV4. Both models achieve new levels in price/performance, simplicity, and value, in demanding commercial, industrial and medical environments. Featues such as a permanent magnet storage ring, compact design, and integral radiation shielding make this product immediately ready for commercial use.
  
  
• Photon Production Laboratory announces the development of MIRRORCLE-20ST. This latest version of the 20 MeV MIRRORCLE series is ideal for protein crystallography and materials characterization.

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Press release:

2005.02.20 EurekAlert!
The world's smallest synchrotron, MIRRORCLE-6X, now commercially available

2005.02.28 Nature - news in brief
Future looks bright for table-top synchrotron

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Past Events:

July 12, 2007
The European commission has proposed establishing a Research facility called "MIRRORCLE EU Center" in Europe. Five organizations, with Katholieke University of Leuven as the lead participant, are designing beamlines. [Reference]

April 17, 2007
Professor Yamada at Ritsumeikan University received a Science & Technology Award from the Minister of MEXT (Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology) in Japan at April 17, 2007.

January 2007
2nd International Symposium on Portable Synchrotron Light Sources and Advanced Applications
Ritsumeikan University, Kusatsu, Japan  [AIP Conference Proceedings Volume 902]

June 2006
The Ninth International Conference on Synchrotron Radiation Instrumentation
Daegu, Korea
Prof. Yamada presents Latest developments in compact UV/X-ray sources of high brilliance.

June 2006
International Symposium on Phase Contrast Imaging of Nanobiological and Medical Systems
Beijing, China
Prof. Yamada presents Phase contrast medical imaging and radiation therapy by MIRRORCLE type tabletop synchrotron.

June 2006
8th International School and Symposium on Synchrotron Radiation in Natural Sciences
Zakopane, Poland
Prof. Yamada presents Latest developments in compact UV/X-ray sources of high brilliance.

July 2005
The 8th International Conference on X-ray Microscopy
Himeji, Japan
Oral presentation: Hironari Yamada; Daisuke Hasegawa, Toru Hirai, Yoshiko Okazaki, Makoto Sasaki, Taichi Hayashi, and Takanori Yamada. Paper entitled: PORTABLE SYNCHROTRON HARD X-RAY SOURCE "MIRRORCLE-6X" FOR X-RAY IMAGES.

September 2004
16th World Conference on Nondestructive Testing
Montreal, Canada
Photon Product  Laboratory, Ltd. makes its debut in a large nondestructive testing trade show. Dr. H. Yamada presents a paper entitled HIGH RESOLUTION X-RAY IMAGING BY PORTABLE SYNCHROTRON RADIATION SOURCE "MIRRORCLE".

January 2004
International Symposium on Portable Synchrotron Light Sources and Advanced Applications
Ritsumeikan University, Kusatsu, Japan
Dr. H. Yamada and colleagues present a paper entitled Features of the Portable Synchrotrons Named MIRRORCLE.

August 2003
Proceeding for Int. Conf. on Synchrotron Radiation Instrumentation
San Francisco, USA
Dr. Yamada and colleagues present three papers: The Synchrotron Light Life Science Center Granted by the MEXT 21st Century COE Program; Novel Edge-Enhanced X-ray Imaging by MIRRORCLE; The portable synchrotron MIRRORCLE-6X.

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