The Rigaku XtaLAB mini II is a tabletop, research-grade single crystal diffractometer.
X-ray source tube lifetime is extended by running a standard off-the-shelf X-ray tube at 600 W. To compensate for running at a lower power, a SHINE optic (special curved monochromator) is utilized to produce usable X-ray flux comparable to a standard X-ray diffractometer.
In addition, the XtaLAB mini II is equipped with a state-of-the-art 2D semiconductor detector characterized by extremely low background noise and high sensitivity. These detector characteristics mean that, for weakly diffracting samples, longer scan rates can be employed without the weak diffraction signals being swamped by detector noise.