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Towards a wavefront-preservation X-ray crystal monochromator for high-repetition-rate FELs

Journal Article · · Journal of Synchrotron Radiation (Online)
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  1. SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States); SLAC
  2. SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States)

The wavefront preservation of coherent X-ray free-electron laser beams is pushing the requirement on the quality and performance of X-ray optics to an unprecedented level. The Strehl ratio can be used to quantify this requirement. In this paper, the criteria for thermal deformation of the X-ray optics are formulated, especially for crystal monochromators. To preserve the X-ray wavefront, the standard deviation of the height error should be sub-nm for mirrors and less than 25 pm for crystal monochromators. Cryocooled silicon crystals combined with two techniques can be used to achieve this level of performance for monochromator crystals: (1) using a focusing element to compensate the second-order component of the thermal deformation; (2) introducing a cooling pad between the cooling block and silicon crystal and optimizing the effective cooling temperature. Each of these techniques allows the thermal deformation in standard deviation of the height error to be reduced by an order of magnitude. As an example, for the LCLS-II-HE Dynamic X-ray Scattering instrument, the criteria on thermal deformation of a high-heat-load monochromator crystal can be achieved for a 100 W SASE FEL beam. Wavefront propagation simulations confirm that the reflected beam intensity profile is satisfactory on both the peak power density and focused beam size.

Research Organization:
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
Grant/Contract Number:
AC02-76SF00515
OSTI ID:
1975667
Journal Information:
Journal of Synchrotron Radiation (Online), Journal Name: Journal of Synchrotron Radiation (Online) Journal Issue: 4 Vol. 30; ISSN 1600-5775
Publisher:
International Union of CrystallographyCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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