Side‐bounce beamlines using single‐reflection diamond monochromators at Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source. (4th March 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Stoupin, Stanislav; Krawczyk, Thomas; Sagan, David; Temnykh, Alexander; Smieska, Louisa; Woll, Arthur; Ruff, Jacob; Lyndaker, Aaron; Pauling, Alan; Croom, Brendan P.; Trigg, Edward B.
• Is Part Of: Journal of synchrotron radiation. Volume 28:Part 2(2021)
• Page Start: 429
• Page End: 438
• Publication Date: 2021-03-04
• Subjects: X‐ray monochromators -- diamond -- beamlines; Synchrotron radiation -- Periodicals; Free electron lasers -- Periodicals; 539.73505
• DOI: 10.1107/S160057752100120X
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0909-0495

Abstract

Abstract : Design, implementation and results of characterization are reported for new synchrotron beamlines at Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source featuring single‐reflection X‐ray monochromators with an interchangeable set of diamond crystals to provide monochromated beams at four different energies. Abstract : The design and implementation of new beamlines featuring side‐bounce (single‐reflection) diamond monochromators at Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source (CHESS) are described. Undulator radiation is monochromated using an interchangeable set of diamond crystal plates reflecting radiation in the horizontal (synchrotron) plane, where each crystal plate is set to one of the low‐index Bragg reflections (111, 220, 311 and 400) in either Bragg or Laue reflection geometries. At the nominal Bragg angle of 18° these reflections deliver monochromated X‐rays with photon energies of 9.7, 15.9, 18.65 and 22.5 keV, respectively. An X‐ray mirror downstream of the diamond monochromator is used for rejection of higher radiation harmonics and for initial focusing of the monochromated beam. The characteristics of the X‐ray beam entering the experimental station were measured experimentally and compared with the results of simulations. A reasonable agreement is demonstrated. It is shown that the use of selected high‐dislocation‐density `mosaic' diamond single‐crystal plates produced using the chemical vapor deposition method yields a few‐fold enhancement in the flux density of the monochromated beam in comparison with that delivered by perfect crystals under the same conditions. At present, the Functional Materials Beamline at CHESS, which is used for time‐resolved in situ characterization of soft materials during processing, has been outfitted with the described setup.