Open AccessOptical design for a bending‐magnet beamline based on a varied‐line‐spacing plane grating
Author(s) -
Kiyokura Takanori,
Maeda Fumihiko,
Watanabe Yoshio
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
journal of synchrotron radiation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.172
H-Index - 99
ISSN - 1600-5775
DOI - 10.1107/s0909049597017123
Subject(s) - monochromator , beamline , undulator , optics , grating , thermal emittance , photon energy , magnet , physics , spectral resolution , materials science , photon , wavelength , laser , beam (structure) , spectral line , quantum mechanics , astronomy
A vacuum ultraviolet beamline with a grazing‐incidence constant‐deviation‐angle monochromator, equipped with a varied‐line‐spacing plane grating, has been designed for a bending‐magnet light source. This type of monochromator has become very popular because of its high resolution, high throughput, simple scanning mechanism and fixed exit slit. To improve the energy resolution for a wide spectral range, Yan & Yagishita [(1995), KEK Report 95‐9. KEK, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305, Japan] proposed eliminating the defocus aberration at two specific energies in the spectral range, and their monochromator successfully achieved higher energy resolution by using an undulator light source. The possibility of applying this method to a bending‐magnet beamline was examined and it was found that high performance can be achieved even using a bending‐magnet light source with wide emittance. Performance evaluation relating to energy resolution, photon flux and spot size are reported.