Spectroscopy and microscopy at SINBAD, the synchrotron infrared beamline at DA/spl Phi/NE

Summary form only given. This paper presents DAΦNE the electron-positron collider of Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati INFN (Italy), which is operating as a Φ-meson factory for experiments of high energy physics. The high current and low energy of the DAΦNE beam are favourable for extracting infrared synchrotron radiation (IRSR) from bending magnets. SINBAD, the synchrotron infrared beamline at DAΦNE includes an infrared microscope working between 350 and 10000 cm/sup -1/ which is currently employed for the infrared mapping of inhomogeneous solid samples.