Optimizing the XMaS Beamline for Low energy Operations to Maximize Benefits from the ESRF Upgrade Program

Journal Article · Wed Jun 23 00:00:00 EDT 2010 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3463226· OSTI ID:21410264

Thompson, P B. J.; Brown, S D; Bouchenoire, L ^[1]; Paul, D F; Mannix, D; Normile, P S; Bikondoa, O ^[1]; Hase, T P. A.; Cooper, M J ^[2]; Kervin, J; Lucas, C A ^[3]

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1. XMaS, UK-CRG, ESRF, BP220, F-38043 Grenoble CEDEX (France)
2. Dept of Physics, University of Warwick, Gibbet Hill Road, Coventry, CV4 7AL (United Kingdom)
3. Dept of Physics, University of Liverpool, Liverpool (United Kingdom)

The XMaS beamline at the ESRF has been in regular user operation since April 1998 and operates over an energy range of 2.4-15 keV. It has developed a wide range of unique instrumentation, primarily dedicated to high resolution magnetic and single crystal diffraction. With the upcoming ESRF upgrade program a number of instrumental developments are planned for the beamline to maximize the benefits of the increased photon flux at low energies. Firstly we report on the optimisation of the beamline and its core components. A novel attenuator system which is actuated by fast acting solenoids thereby avoiding problems of gas bursts into the beamline vacuum seen on some commercially available instruments is introduced. Secondly we discuss developments to the low temperature sample environments that have been integrated into the beamline vacuum system, minimizing both air and beryllium absorption. Finally we demonstrate the current capabilities of the beamline by describing preliminary reflectivity measurements that have been made on an [Fe(2ML)Pd(15ML)]x20 multilayer recorded around the Pd L{sub 3} edge using circular polarised light produced from a thin diamond phase plate.

• OSTI ID: 21410264
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 1234, Issue 1; Conference: SRI 2009: 10. international conference on radiation instrumentation, Melbourne (Australia), 27 Sep - 2 Oct 2009; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.3463226; (c) 2010 American Institute of Physics; ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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