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Beamline 9.3.2 - a high-resolution, bend-magnet beamline with circular polarization capability

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/603640· OSTI ID:603640
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  1. Lawrence Berkeley National Lab., CA (United States); and others

Beamline 9.3.2 is a high resolution, SGM beamline on an ALS bending magnet with access to photon energies from 30-1500 eV. Features include circular polarization capability, a rotating chamber platform that allows switching between experiments without breaking vacuum, an active feedback system that keeps the beam centered on the entrance slit of the monochromator, and a bendable refocusing mirror. The beamline optics consist of horizontally and vertically focussing mirrors, a Spherical Grating Monochromator (SGM) with movable entrance and exit slits, and a bendable refocussing mirror. In addition, a movable aperature has been installed just upstream of the vertically focussing mirror which can select the x-rays above or below the plane of the synchrotron storage ring, allowing the user to select circularly or linearly polarized light. Circularly polarized x-rays are used to study the magnetic properties of materials. Beamline 9.3.2 can supply left and right circularly polarized x-rays by a computer controlled aperture which may be placed above or below the plane of the synchrotron storage ring. The degree of linear and circular polarization has been measured and calibrated.

Research Organization:
Lawrence Berkeley Lab., CA (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
AC03-76SF00098
OSTI ID:
603640
Report Number(s):
LBNL--39981; ON: DE97007345
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English