Current operation and future plans of Aichi Synchrotron Radiation Center (AichiSR) for industrial and academic research and development

Abstract Aichi Synchrotron Radiation Centre (AichiSR) was established in 2013 as the eighth synchrotron facility in Japan to support the frontiers of research and development in industry and academia. This paper describes the performance of the light source and individual beamlines. The second half of this paper describes upgrade plans for AichiSR to meet new user demands and to provide advantages to other synchrotron facilities and laboratory instruments.