Brillouin spectrometer interfaced with synchrotron radiation for simultaneous x-ray density and acoustic velocity measurements
- Department of Geology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801 (United States) and HPCAT, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Argonne, Illinois 60439 (United States)
We describe a new Brillouin spectrometer that has been installed on a synchrotron x-ray beamline for simultaneous measurements of sound velocities (by Brillouin scattering) and density (by x-ray diffraction). The spectrometer was installed at the 13-BM-D station (GSECARS) of the Advanced Photon Source. This unique facility has been tested in studies of transparent single crystal and polycrystalline materials at high pressure and temperature. The equation of state, acoustic velocities, and, hence, elastic moduli of materials as a function of pressure and temperature can now be determined without resort to a secondary pressure standard, such as the ruby fluorescence scale, or the equation of state of standard materials such as Au, Pt, or MgO, thus offering the potential to determine an absolute pressure scale. This article describes the design of the combined Brillouin-x-ray system and the first experimental results obtained. As a general-user facility, the system was designed to require minimal setup time and alignment of sensitive optics, run-time control and adjustments of optics from outside the experimental station, compatibility with powder and single crystal x-ray diffraction measurements, and no interference with other experimental techniques used on the beamline. To satisfy these requirements we adopted a novel optical design for the Brillouin system with a vertical scattering plane. Examples of measurements of acoustic velocities and elastic moduli on single crystal NaCl (B1) and polycrystalline NaCl (B2) at high pressure and single crystal velocities and elastic moduli of MgO at high temperature (to 600 deg. C) and at high pressure are presented.
- OSTI ID:
- 20861174
- Journal Information:
- Review of Scientific Instruments, Journal Name: Review of Scientific Instruments Journal Issue: 10 Vol. 77; ISSN 0034-6748; ISSN RSINAK
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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ADVANCED PHOTON SOURCE
BRILLOUIN EFFECT
DENSITY
EQUATIONS OF STATE
FLUORESCENCE
MAGNESIUM OXIDES
MONOCRYSTALS
OPTICS
POLYCRYSTALS
PRESSURE DEPENDENCE
RUBY
SODIUM CHLORIDES
SYNCHROTRON RADIATION
SYNCHROTRONS
TEMPERATURE RANGE 0400-1000 K
VELOCITY
X RADIATION
X-RAY DIFFRACTION
X-RAY SPECTROMETERS