ISSN:
1089-7623
Source:
AIP Digital Archive
Topics:
Physics
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Electrical Engineering, Measurement and Control Technology
Notes:
In parallel to the design and construction of new synchrotron radiation sources quite important efforts are required to upgrade existing and develop new x-ray optics that is capable of conditioning powerful x-ray beams with minimum losses of brilliance. In the context of these research and development activities a well equipped laboratory is absolutely vital. Such a laboratory must have capabilities to prepare, mount, transfer, align and test optical elements with the high precision that is typical for European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) beamline instrumentation, for example, microroughness and slope error of mirrors down to 0.1 nm root mean square and μrad, respectively, and μm and μrad spatial and angular positioning. At ESRF the following facilities presently exist or are being installed: (i) a laboratory for single crystal orientation, cutting, grinding, polishing, and mounting, (ii) three interferometers for optical metrology of surfaces such as figure and finish, all in clean room and thermally stable environment, (iii) a three axis diffractometer for precise x-ray metrology of all kinds of optical elements up to 1-m long, also in clean room and stable environment, (iv) a multilayer fabrication facility featuring sputtering and plasma chemical vapor deposition with in situ x-ray diffraction and ellipsometry controls.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1142728
