Abstract
The beamline 14B at Photon Factory is one of three branches of the 5T vertical superconducting wiggler beamline (BL14) at Photon Factory. This branch is used mainly for precision x-ray optics experiments and partly for commissioning a low-angle double-crystal spectrometer and a gas-phase scattering apparatus. A double-crystal fixed-exit monochromator was installed on this beamline; it has two offset positions, 200 and 500 mm. In order to avoid the leak of high-energy x rays from the monochromator chamber, the first crystal is shielded by lead with a rotatable 2θ window inside the vacuum chamber. A precision x-ray optics experiment facility consists of two vertical axis goniometers designed for the use of vertical polarization. Rough rotation (360° with the finest step of 3.24 arcsec) and fine rotation (within 6°, the finest step of 0.01 arcsec) are changed with a clutch. A rotary encoder with precision of 1.0 arcsec is equipped. A double-crystal aligner mounted on one of the precision goniometers is constructed to make another double-crystal arrangement. Combining the beamline double-crystal monochromator with this aligner, we can make a fixed-exit four-crystal monochromator of (+n,−n,−m,+m) setting, known as the high resolution x-ray optics in energy as well as momentum. Two independent microcomputer control systems are used for beamline monochromator and experimental facility. These two systems are connected by a serial communication (RS-232C) line via a software controlled line selector. This makes it quite easy for user-made equipment to control the beamline monochromator synchronously by its own control system. A low-angle double-crystal spectrometer was further constructed to characterize synthetic multilayers. This spectrometer consists of two ω-2θ goniometers mounted on x- (used for vertical axis) or xz- (used for horizontal axis) translation stage. These goniometers are mounted on independent carriers of a y-translation stage along the x-ray beam.
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