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SXR Components


A comprehensive overview of the SXR instrument is published in
Review of Scientific Instrument, 83, 043107 (2012).

The optical design and monochromator performance are published in
Review of Scientific Instruments, 82, 093104 (2011).


Transmission Sample System

The transmission sample system (TSS) may be used to introduce transmission samples upstream of the monochromator. It is used for calibrating the wavelength selection of the monochromator but is also available to users for experiments. As shown, the TSS has a single manipulator attached for sample insertion. The TSS can be used to measure the pulse arrival time by measuring the X-ray to optical cross correlation.

Transmission Sample System

Plane Grating Monochromator

The PGM system integrates a four-jaw entrance aperture, two gratings located in the AMO hutch. The exit slit is in the SXR Hutch. The monochromator system was designed and fabricated by BesTec in Berlin Germany.

Plane Grating Monochromator

Gas Monitor Detector

The gas monitor detector is located after the exit slit for the monochromator and can provide shot to shot measurements of the number of photons in each pulse from 5 μJ to 5 mJ with 4-6% absolute uncertainty. The detection system uses rare gas ionization and was developed at DESY.

Gas Monitor Detector

Focusing Optics

Two elliptically bent mirrors will be used to image the FEL beam into the experimental chamber. Dynamically bent mirrors can be adjusted to focus the beam into an arbitrary position in the end station to effectively change the focal spot on the sample, depending upon the experimental requirements.

Focusing Optics

SXR Videos

A flyover view of the SXR instrument.

 

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For more SXR related videos, see the LCLS SXR playlist on YouTube.

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SXR | Soft X-ray Materials Science (SXR) Instrument

October 29, 2023
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SXR CONTACT INFO

William F. Schlotter

SXD Instrument Scientist
(650) 926-4940
wschlott@slac.stanford.edu

Joshua J. Turner

SXD Instrument Scientist
(650) 926-4437
joshuat@slac.stanford.edu

Stefan Moeller

SXD Instrument Scientist
(650) 926-5321
smoeller@slac.stanford.edu

Georgi Dakovski

SXD Instrument Scientist
(650) 926-5703
dakovski@slac.stanford.edu

Alexander H. Reid

SXD Instrument Scientist
(650) 926-7467
alexhmr@slac.stanford.edu

Jeff Aldrich

Area Manager
(650) 926-3895
jaldrich@slac.stanford.edu

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