Abstract

The transmission of the optical components of the Bernina branch of the Aramis beamline at SwissFEL has been measured with an X-ray gas monitor from DESY and compared with a PSI gas detector upstream of the optical components. The transmission efficiencies of the Mo, Si and SiC mirror coatings of the Aramis beamline and the various other in-beam components were evaluated and compared with theoretical calculations, showing an agreement of 6% or better in all cases. The experiment has also shown the efficacy of the high-harmonic rejection mirrors at the Bernina branch of the Aramis beamline atSwissFEL, and characterized the transmission efficiency of the on-line spectrometer in the Aramis beamline. The theoretical transmission of the mirror coatings match the experimental data to within 7%. The accuracy of these measurements was checked against a radiative bolometer from a Japanese collaboration and found to agree to a level of 4% or better. Further comparisons with a diamond detector from a US-based inter-institute collaboration demonstrated a good agreement for the attenuator settings of the beamline.

Highlights

  • The Swiss Free Electron Laser (SwissFEL) (Milne et al, 2017) is the newest hard X-ray FEL facility open to users

  • This paper presents the measurements of the transmission of the Bernina branch of the SwissFEL Aramis beamline

  • The diamond detector was removed from the beam for the photon beam intensity gas (PBIG)/X-ray gas monitor (XGM)/radiometer comparison measurements, and was separately used in tandem with the XGM and with the always-on PBIG for the calibration of the attenuators

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Introduction

The Swiss Free Electron Laser (SwissFEL) (Milne et al, 2017) is the newest hard X-ray FEL facility open to users. The transmission efficiencies of the Mo, Si and SiC mirror coatings of the Aramis beamline and the various other in-beam components were evaluated and compared with theoretical calculations, showing an agreement of 6% or better in all cases.

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