Automation Enhancement of Multilayer Laue Lenses
Abstract
X-ray optics fabrication at Brookhaven National Laboratory has been facilitated by a new, state of the art magnetron sputtering physical deposition system. With its nine magnetron sputtering cathodes and substrate carrier that moves on a linear rail via a UHV brushless linear servo motor, the system is capable of accurately depositing the many thousands of layers necessary for multilayer Laue lenses. I have engineered a versatile and automated control program from scratch for the base system and many subsystems. Its main features include a custom scripting language, a fully customizable graphical user interface, wireless and remote control, and a terminal-based interface. This control system has already been successfully used in the creation of many types of x-ray optics, including several thousand layer multilayer Laue lenses.Before reaching the point at which a deposition can be run, stencil-like masks for the sputtering cathodes must be created to ensure the proper distribution of sputtered atoms. Quality of multilayer Laue lenses can also be difficult to measure, given the size of the thin film layers. I employ my knowledge of software and algorithms to further ease these previously painstaking processes with custom programs. Additionally, I will give an overview of an x-ray optic simulatormore »
- Authors:
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1089340
- Report Number(s):
- BNL-94771-2011-TH
KC020401G
- DOE Contract Number:
- DE-AC02-98CH10886
- Resource Type:
- Technical Report
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 43; Automation Enhancement; MLL; Multilayer Laue Lenses
Citation Formats
Lauer K. R., and Conley, R. Automation Enhancement of Multilayer Laue Lenses. United States: N. p., 2010.
Web. doi:10.2172/1089340.
Lauer K. R., & Conley, R. Automation Enhancement of Multilayer Laue Lenses. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/1089340
Lauer K. R., and Conley, R. 2010.
"Automation Enhancement of Multilayer Laue Lenses". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/1089340. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1089340.
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title = {Automation Enhancement of Multilayer Laue Lenses},
author = {Lauer K. R. and Conley, R.},
abstractNote = {X-ray optics fabrication at Brookhaven National Laboratory has been facilitated by a new, state of the art magnetron sputtering physical deposition system. With its nine magnetron sputtering cathodes and substrate carrier that moves on a linear rail via a UHV brushless linear servo motor, the system is capable of accurately depositing the many thousands of layers necessary for multilayer Laue lenses. I have engineered a versatile and automated control program from scratch for the base system and many subsystems. Its main features include a custom scripting language, a fully customizable graphical user interface, wireless and remote control, and a terminal-based interface. This control system has already been successfully used in the creation of many types of x-ray optics, including several thousand layer multilayer Laue lenses.Before reaching the point at which a deposition can be run, stencil-like masks for the sputtering cathodes must be created to ensure the proper distribution of sputtered atoms. Quality of multilayer Laue lenses can also be difficult to measure, given the size of the thin film layers. I employ my knowledge of software and algorithms to further ease these previously painstaking processes with custom programs. Additionally, I will give an overview of an x-ray optic simulator package I helped develop during the summer of 2010. In the interest of keeping my software free and open, I have worked mostly with the multiplatform Python and the PyQt application framework, utilizing C and C++ where necessary.},
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year = {Wed Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 2010},
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