At the BL431R of SPring-8. infrared microanalysis on various kinds of solid
specimens under multiple environments with a spatial resolution smaller th
an 10 mum in diameter is planned in the infrared region. In order to perfor
m such analysis, two different stations, a multipurpose spectromicroscopy a
pparatus and a magneto-optical imaging one have been constructed. Measureme
nts on the spatial two-dimensional cross-section of the infrared beam at th
e spectromicroscopy station have proven that the stations have a good prosp
ective feature in the performance. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. All right
s reserved.