The BL01B1 infrared beamline at Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility

The NCPSS's (National Center for Protein Science Shanghai) BL01B1 beamline is the first infrared beamline at SSRF (Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility). The optical layout and beam performance of the beamline are overviewed in this paper. There are two operational experimental stations at BL01B1 including an infrared microspectroscopy and imaging station, and a time-resolved infrared spectroscopy station. The equipment and characteristics of these two experimental stations are introduced. An experimental platform aiming at high pressure and low temperature IR/Raman investigations is under construction. The applications of the beamline stations and results obtained under the collaboration of BL01B1 and user groups are summarized.