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Title: Synchronized monochromator and insertion device energy scans at SLS

Journal Article · · AIP Conference Proceedings
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3463307· OSTI ID:21410320
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  1. Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen, Swiss Light Source, 5235 Villigen PSI (Switzerland)

Synchronous monochromator and insertion device energy scans were implemented at the Surfaces/Interfaces:Microscopy (SIM) beamline in order to provide the users fast X-ray magnetic dichroism studies (XMCD). A simple software control scheme is proposed based on a fast monochromator run-time energy readback which quickly updates the insertion device requested energy during an on-the-fly X-ray absorption scan (XAS). In this scheme the Plain Grating Monochromator (PGM) motion control, being much slower compared with the insertion device (APPLE-II type undulator), acts as a 'master' controlling the undulator 'slave' energy position. This master-slave software implementation exploits EPICS distributed device control over computer network and allows for a quasi-synchronous motion control combined with data acquisition needed for the XAS or XMCD experiment.

OSTI ID:
21410320
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: 10.1063/1.3463307; (c) 2010 American Institute of Physics; ISSN 0094-243X
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English