Ultrafast reciprocal-space mapping with a convergent beam

作者:Schick Daniel; Shayduk Roman; Bojahr Andre; Herzog Marc; Schmising Clemens von Korff; Gaal Peter; Bargheer Matias*
来源:JOURNAL OF APPLIED CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, 2013, 46(5): 1372-1377.
DOI:10.1107/S0021889813020013

摘要

A diffractometer setup is presented, based on a laser-driven plasma X-ray source for reciprocal-space mapping with femtosecond temporal resolution. In order to map out the reciprocal space, an X-ray optic with a convergent beam is used with an X-ray area detector to detect symmetrically and asymmetrically diffracted X-ray photons simultaneously. The setup is particularly suited for measuring thin films or imperfect bulk samples with broad rocking curves. For quasi-perfect crystalline samples with insignificant in-plane Bragg peak broadening, the measured reciprocal-space maps can be corrected for the known resolution function of the diffractometer in order to achieve high-resolution rocking curves with improved data quality. In this case, the resolution of the diffractometer is not limited by the convergence of the incoming X-ray beam but is solely determined by its energy bandwidth.

  • 出版日期2013-10