基于多层膜偏振元件的同步辐射光束线偏振特性测量研究

利用自行研制的同步辐射软X射线多层膜综合偏振测量装置, 对北京同步辐射装置(BSRF)的3W1B软X射线光束线的偏振特性进行了系统的研究. 给出了多层膜偏振元件起偏前后的测量结果, 测量能量为206eV时, 经反射镜、光栅等光束线光学元件后输出的线偏振度(起偏前)为0.585, 经多层膜偏振元件起偏后输出光的 线偏振度达到0.995.     

北京同步辐射装置3W1B软X射线光束线偏振特性测量

应用自行研制的Mo/Si周期多层膜作为起偏器和检偏器的光学元件, 测量了北京同步辐射装置3W1B束线的偏振状态. 通过数据分析, 得到了3W1B软X射线的有关偏振参数, 在86—89eV能区经过起偏器后的偏振度超过98%, 圆偏振分量介于1%—3%之间.     

软X射线多层膜反射式偏振光学元件设计

叙述了软X射线波段反射式多层膜起偏器和检偏器的设计原则和设计方法,计算了不同波段软X射线反射式多层膜起偏器和检偏器的性能,讨论了多层膜制作过程中,表界面误差(表面粗糙度和扩散)对起偏器和检偏器性能的影响,探讨了光谱分辨率对偏振元件测试过程的影响,这些设计、计算和分析为制作实用软X射线多层膜偏振光学元件提供了理论基础。     

同步辐射软X射线多层膜反射偏振元件研究

利用多靶磁控溅射方法分别镀制了W/C和Mo/Si两种周期性结构多层膜。通过对其相关参数周期数、厚度比以及周期厚度的调整,使薄膜的布拉格衍射峰出现在布儒斯特角附近,两种多层膜的应用能量范围分别落于C的近K边处和Si的L边前。在北京同步辐射装置3W1B光束线的软X射线光学实验站上进行了反射率的测量,得到W/C膜的反射率在214eV时达到4.18%;Mo/Si周期性多层膜的反射率在89eV处达到32.3%。根据测量结果,分析了在同步辐射装置作为偏振元件的可行性     

北京同步辐射软X光反射率计装置及其物理工作

介绍了安装在北京同步辐射装置上专门用于软X光多层膜研究的反射率计系统,给出了在该装置上测量得到的Al滤光片的软X光透射谱和Nb/Si多层膜的高角反射谱,用磁控溅射方法自制的Nb/Si多层膜样品在17.59um附近得到的反射率为32%.     

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“硬X射线磁圆二色谱”预研获得成功据《高能所月报》报道 ,2 0 0 4年 3月 1 4日北京同步辐射装置 1W1A束线XAFS实验站成功获得“PtL吸收边的硬X射线磁圆二色谱(XMCD)”。XMCD是开展磁性材料电子和磁结构研究的重要手段。项目的关键是获得X射线圆偏振光。XMCD的成功不仅意味着获得新的实验方法 ,拓展国内同步辐射在磁性材料研究领域的研究 ,更重要的是北京同步辐射装置在利用同步辐射偏振效应上获得进一步深入 ,为今后开展X射线圆二色谱 ,X射线(磁 )线二色谱 ,共振磁散射等新的方法奠定了坚实的基础。蝴蝶知道怎样“涂黑”翅膀如…     

全反射对混合型光纤电流传感器检测灵敏度的影响

在利用法拉第(Faraday)效应的混合型光纤传感器中,通常用全反射改变光的传递方向,以增加有效光程,并使结构紧凑。反射将改变光的偏振状态,从而影响传感的灵敏度。本文用琼斯(Jones)矩阵方法推导了有反射时传感头的传光特性,分析了反射对检测灵敏度的影响,获得了与实验一致的结果。     

一种透射式软X光带通方法研究

基于微通道板(MCP)X射线光学, 提出了一种透射式软X光带通方法. 通过三种通道结构的MCP-X光传输特性比较, 给出了带通设计方法. 利用北京同步辐射装置开展了方孔MCP和滤片标定. 结果表明, MCP透射谱具有宽能带选择范围和高效率的特点, 并且在1 keV以下可以在多个多能点实现100 eV带宽的带通设计. 关键词： X射线光学 微通道板 软X光带通     

软X射线能谱定量测量技术研究

采用每毫米1000线的自支撑透射光栅配上背照射软X射线CCD(charge coupled device)组成了透射光栅谱仪,利用北京同步辐射装置(BSRF)3W1B光束线软X射线实验站上X射线源分别对透射光栅的衍射效率和软X射线CCD的响应灵敏度进行了准确的实验标定,获得了150eV到1500eV能区的绝对衍射效率和响应灵敏度的实验结果;同时在国内外研究工作的基础上,发展了自己的透射光栅衍射效率理论计算模型和X射线CCD响应灵敏度计算模型,开展了相应的理论计算和实验标定结果比对工作,理论和实验符合较好,     

法拉第镜旋转角的偏振分束测量法

提出了基于偏振分束法的法拉第镜偏振旋转角的测量方法.利用非偏振分束器改变法拉第镜出射光的方向,偏振分束器将该出射光分为p光和s光,分别测量其光强,应用后续"差除和"信号处理方案消除光源波动的影响,推导出法拉第镜偏振旋转角的理论表达式.分析了起偏器的消光比非0及起偏角误差对输出结果的影响,分别是0.057 29°和-0.100 0°.实验验证了该方法的可行性,重复测量结果为89.68°,均方值为0.014 93.     

Estimation of Conduction as Well as Donor Electron Density Through Far-Infrared Resonant Faraday Effect

We have investigated resonant Faraday effect (RFE), so-called nonlinear Faraday effect, caused by conduction and donor electrons in n-InSb and n-GaAs. Experiments were carried out with using the magneto-optical spectroscopic system combined with two linear polarizers put in before and behind a sample. The rotation angle and the ellipticity for the far-infrared light with elliptical polarization transmitted through the sample were analyzed on the basis of spectra obtained under different experimental configuration for angles between the axes of the polarizer and the analyzer. We have observed some characteristic features associated with RFE in spectra of two samples. Tapping into these features, we could successfully determine the relaxation times and the densities of conduction and donor electrons in the semiconductors.     

Determination of high-purity polarization state of X-rays

We report on the measurement of the highest purity of polarization of X-rays to date. The measurements are performed by combining a brilliant undulator source with an X-ray polarimeter. The polarimeter is composed of a polarizer and an analyzer, each based on four reflections at channel-cut crystals with a Bragg angle very close to 45°. Experiments were performed at three different X-ray energies, using different Bragg reflections: Si(400) at 6457.0 eV, Si(444) at 11,183.8 eV, and Si(800) at 12,914.0 eV. At 6 keV a polarization purity of 1.5 × 10^− 9 is achieved. This is an improvement by more than two orders of magnitude as compared to previously reported values. The polarization purity decreases slightly for shorter X-ray wavelengths. The sensitivity of the polarimeter is discussed with respect to a proposed experiment that aims at the detection of the birefringence of vacuum induced by super-strong laser fields.     

Optimized Mueller polarimeter with liquid crystals

We demonstrate a Mueller polarimeter in which the polarization-state generator and analyzer are both composed of a linear polarizer and two liquid-crystal variable retarders. The polarimeter is designed to optimize the accuracy of the final results by minimization of the condition numbers of the modulation and analysis matrices. The polarimeter calibration, a difficult task by conventional procedures, is achieved easily by use of the eigenvalue method of Compain et al. [Appl. Opt. 38, 3490 (1999)]. The overall polarimeter performance is tested with a linear polarizer at various angles and a compensator at various retardations.     

Reciprocity of Faraday effect in ferrofluid: Comparison with magneto-optical glass

The transmission light intensity method is carried out on a classical platform to study the reciprocity of Faraday effect in water-based Fe₃O₄ ferrofluid and its diluents. Setting the polarization direction of the analyzer at an angle of 45° to that of the polarizer, the switchable DC magnetic field and the alternating magnetic field are imposed to ferrofluid. The ferrofluid film is replaced by magneto-optical glass for contrastive experiments. The results indicate that ferrofluid is different with magneto-optical glass. Even though the direction of magnetic field is reversed, the rotation direction of the polarized light does not change for ferrofluid. The theoretical model of magneto-optical rotation was used to describe the origin of the reciprocity of Faraday effect in ferrofluid and the non-reciprocity in magneto-optical glass. These findings suggest that the magnetic moments of nanoparticles in ferrofluid tend to the same orientation with the magnetic field because of the rotation of particles.     

A compact optical isolator using a Y3Fe5O12 crystal for near infra-red radiation

Using a Y₃Fe₅O₁₂ crystal as a Faraday rotator material, a samarium cobalt permanent magnet and two iron yokes, a compact optical isolator was constructed at 1.153m for optical transmission systems. The developed isolator is 13 mm in diameter and 25 mm in length, including two polarizers. The isolator characteristics are 1.3 dB forward loss and greater than 30 dB backward loss. A broadband isolator is realized by inserting a 45 degree Faraday rotator and an optically active 45 degree quartz rotator between the two polarizers set at 90 degrees in relation to each other.     

Extended ELS fine structures above the M2,3 edges of Cu and Ni

Very detailed electron energy loss spectra of M_2,3 core levels of Cu and Ni in the reflection mode are presented. A careful analysis of the oscillations up to about 300 eV above the edges shows strict analogies to EXAFS and demonstrates that structural information can be obtained with this technique. A comparison with X-ray results above the Cu and Ni K-edges shows that very high accuracy in the radial distribution function can be obtained also with ELS spectra taken above shallow core levels.     

Optical limitation in resonant Faraday media

Optical limitation in resonant Faraday media sandwiched between crossed polarizers is analyzed both theoretically and experimentally. In this technique resonant Faraday rotation permits a net transmission at low intensity levels, whereas the setup transmission is quenched at higher intensities when the active transition is completely saturated. This technique offers many advantages, such as a very low fluence threshold (~12 nJ/cm(2) in cesium vapor), a high intensity range (more than 4 orders of magnitude for polarizer losses of 10(-5)), and quasi invulnerability to optical damage, which make this technique attractive for the protection of fixed-wavelength operated detectors.     

Soft X‐ray absorption spectroscopy and resonant inelastic X‐ray scattering spectroscopy below 100 eV: probing first‐row transition‐metal M‐edges in chemical complexes

X‐ray absorption and scattering spectroscopies involving the 3d transition‐metal K‐ and L‐edges have a long history in studying inorganic and bioinorganic molecules. However, there have been very few studies using the M‐edges, which are below 100 eV. Synchrotron‐based X‐ray sources can have higher energy resolution at M‐edges. M‐edge X‐ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) and resonant inelastic X‐ray scattering (RIXS) could therefore provide complementary information to K‐ and L‐edge spectroscopies. In this study, M_2,3‐edge XAS on several Co, Ni and Cu complexes are measured and their spectral information, such as chemical shifts and covalency effects, are analyzed and discussed. In addition, M_2,3‐edge RIXS on NiO, NiF₂ and two other covalent complexes have been performed and different d–d transition patterns have been observed. Although still preliminary, this work on 3d metal complexes demonstrates the potential to use M‐edge XAS and RIXS on more complicated 3d metal complexes in the future. The potential for using high‐sensitivity and high‐resolution superconducting tunnel junction X‐ray detectors below 100 eV is also illustrated and discussed.     

A novel optical polarimeter based on the signal width measurement of the waveform

For the optical polarimeter based on the structure of polarizer–Faraday modulator–analyzer, a novel method of optical rotation measurement was proposed by the waveform analysis of optical intensity signals. The calculation method of the optical rotation was provided by measuring the signal width of the waveform. Furthermore, the optical rotations of sugar solutions with different concentrations were measured by this method, and the fitting degree of obtained fitting curve is 0.9996. This showed that this method was effective.     

Revelation of Ni magnetic moment in GdNi single crystal by soft X-ray magnetic circular dichroism

Magnetic moment of Ni in GdNi single crystal was studied through the soft X-ray absorption spectra (XAS) and the magnetic circular dichroism (MCD) at the Ni L_2,3-edges and the Gd M_4,5-edges. Our experiment revealed for the first time that the Ni 3d band is not filled completely even at the content of 50 at.% of Gd and the Ni does retain a total magnetic moment coupling antiparallel to that of Gd. This result implied that the Ni in GdNi holds an intrinsic magnetic moment even at 50 at.% of Gd and contradicts the well-known charge transfer model. Further by employing the magneto-optical sum rule, the spin and orbital angular magnetic moment were evaluated and discussed.