Abstract
We have developed an improved method of time-resolved x-ray reflectivity (XRR) using monochromatic synchrotron radiation. Our method utilizes a polycapillary x-ray optic to create a range of incident angles and an area detector to collect specular reflections. By rotating the sample normal out of the plane of the incident fan, we can separate the surface diffuse scatter from the reflectivity signal, greatly improving the quality of the XRR spectra compared to previous implementations. We demonstrate the time-resolved capabilities of this system, with the temporal resolution as low as 10 ms, by measuring XRR during the annealing of Al/Ni nano-scale multilayers, and use this information to extract the activation energy for interdiffusion in this system.
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