Performance of a collimating L-shaped laterally graded multilayer mirror for the IXS analyzer system at NSLS-II

• Published in: Journal of synchrotron radiation Vol. 21; no. 3; pp. 473 - 478
• Main Authors: Suvorov, Alexey, Coburn, David S., Cunsolo, Alessandro, Keister, Jeffrey W., Upton, Mary H., Cai, Yong Q.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 5 Abbey Square, Chester, Cheshire CH1 2HU, England International Union of Crystallography 01.05.2014; John Wiley & Sons, Inc
• Subjects: Analyzers; Beams (radiation); Collimation; Computer simulation; laterally graded multilayer mirrors; Multilayers; Photons; Spectrometers; Stability; X-ray multilayer mirrors; X-ray optics; laterally graded multilayer mirrors; X-ray multilayer mirrors; X-ray optics
• ISSN: 1600-5775; 0909-0495; 1600-5775
• DOI: 10.1107/S1600577514002999

The L‐shaped laterally graded multilayer mirror is a vital part of the ultrahigh‐energy and momentum‐resolution inelastic X‐ray scattering spectrometer at the National Synchrotron Light Source II. This mirror was designed and implemented as a two‐dimensional collimating optic for the analyzer system. Its performance was characterized using a secondary large‐divergence source at the 30‐ID beamline of the Advanced Photon Source, which yielded an integrated reflectivity of 47% and a collimated beam divergence of 78 µrad with a source size of 10 µm. Numerical simulations of the mirror performance in tandem with the analyzer crystal optics provided details on the acceptance sample volume in forward scattering and defined the technical requirements on the mirror stability and positioning precision. It was shown that the mirror spatial and angular stability must be in the range <8.4 µm and <21.4 µrad, respectively, for reliable operation of the analyzer.