基于X射线衍射仪的X光晶体本征参量的标定

X光晶体本征参量的实验标定是准确鉴定X光晶体种类和品质,研制各种类型晶体谱仪,X光线谱定量测量和高分辨X光单能成像的基础.基于X射线衍射仪,通过制作平面晶体样品架,采取控制X射线管电源、滤波片选取和厚度控制等措施,极大地抑制了Cu-Kβ及韧致辐射,使X射线管光源Cu-Kα单能化,提出了用滤片作为光源单能化的判据.对X光线谱测量中常用的X光分光晶体季戊四醇的晶格常量2d和Cu-Kα能点的积分衍射效率R_c进行了标定方法研究,其标定值分别为(0.874 25±0.000 42)nm和(1.759±0.024)×10^-4 Rad.基于X射线衍射仪的X光晶体本征参量的精密实验标定方法既快速高效,且十分方便和灵活.通过更换衍射仪的X射线管靶材,采取类似方法,可以标定其它能点的晶体积分衍射效率,可为X光晶体的本征参量库提供更多的标定数据.     

实验室晶体积分衍射效率标定方法研究

基于X射线衍射仪运行的稳定性和角度的精密控制能力,以平面季戊四醇(PET)晶体为样品,对晶体的积分衍射效率标定方法进行了实验研究。实验的光源是Cu靶X射线管,通过适当选取镍滤片和精细控制管电压,极大地抑制了Kβ线谱和韧致辐射,实现了Kα线能量单色化。正比计数器前端的狭缝是0.05mm,采用0.001°的步进角度对源强和Kα线衍射峰分别进行扫描。数据处理后得出在Cu的Kα线能点(8047.823eV)处,该平面PET晶体的积分衍射效率是(1.759±0.002)×10-4 rad。实验结果表明该方法可以在实验室条件下快速、方便地完成平面晶体积分衍射效率的标定。     

0.5 mm金刚石X射线相位延迟板及偏振度的标定

在利用步辐射光源的偏振特性进行自旋相关X射线散射及吸收谱实验来研究材料的磁学性质时，需要应用圆偏振光，这就提出了对具有高通量、高偏振度' 长连续可调的圆偏振X射线的需求；另一方面标定实验所用X射线的圆偏振度也成为这一研究领域的关键技术。由于X射线多光束衍射强度与σ场和π场的光程差δ相关，通过测量圆偏振分析晶体的多光束衍射的强度分布，可以获得入射X射线的圆偏振度。实验在美国国家同步辐射光源实验室X25光束线实验站进行，光子能量为7．1keV的圆偏振X射线由线偏振X射线经过一厚度为0．5mm、晶面为[111]的金刚石晶体产生。通过测量多光束衍射强度，确定了斯托克斯参量。实验值与X射线动力学理论计算结果能较好地吻合。     

采用能量色散型X射线衍射测定晶体的结构参量

针对德拜法、粉末衍射法及衍射仪法等测量耗时长的问题,采用能量色散型X射线衍射测定晶体的结构参量.构建了能量色散型X射线衍射实验系统仿真模型,搭建了实验系统,测量了NaCl和SiO2晶体的结构参量.实测结果与理论值的偏差小于0.3%,测量时间仅1min.     

X射线成像板衰退曲线标定

在实验室衍射仪平台上,开展了以富士公司SR-2025型成像板为样品的标定实验,获得了该样品随时间变化的信号强度衰退曲线.实验以铜靶X射线管为光源,经过三羟甲基甲胺晶体(Trihydroxymethylaminomethane,TAM)分光得到Cu-Kα单能特征辐射.在实验环境温度为(20±1)℃、光源稳定、成像板空间响应均匀、信号强度线性响应等条件下,在不同时刻对成像板上不同位置进行曝光,扫描后获得成像板对单能特征X射线的衰退曲线.对测到的衰退曲线进行数值拟合及不确定度分析,发现其与国外的研究结果符合得较好.实验数据表明,X射线光源的不稳定性为0.7%,成像板的空间非均匀性小于1%,并且对信号强度呈优异的线性响应;在Cu-Kα的8 027.84eV能点处,成像板的衰退曲线呈指数形式η(t)=0.368 84·exp(-t/159.647 56)+0.633 72缓慢衰减,在可见光屏蔽良好条件下曝光125min后X射线信号仍有80%的强度.     

北京同步辐射3B3中能束线X射线探测系统性能研究

北京同步辐射装置(BSRF)的3B3中能束线的应用，在国内首次提供了一台能区在2—6keV范围、性能优良的单色X射线光源. 对光源的性能进行了研究，并完成了X射线探测器(XRD)灵敏度、滤片厚度、多种晶体衍射效率以及成像板能量响应等指标的标定.XRD标定的相对不确定度好于7%，滤片厚度的不确定度小于3.6%. 关键词： 中能X射线 同步辐射 标定     

原级X射线谱强度分布的定量测定

本文提出了衍射或荧光分析用的X射线管原级X射线谱强度分布的定量测定方法。在带有正比、闪烁计数管的衍射仪上用LiF分光晶体进行展谱测定。实验测定强度经校正计算还原为X射线管窗口处的强度。对荧光X射线管还应测定几个射线束方向的原级谱加以平均求得有效原级谱。分析了原级X射线谱数据的误差及其对基本参数法等实际应用的影响。 关键词：     

X射线激发发射谱仪的研制

通过X射线管与光谱仪的组合,在对X射线管和光谱仪的选取、自动控制技术、数据采集和处理等多个环节进行系统论证的基础上,自行设计和研制了一台X射线激发发射谱仪.通过采用标准光源,对谱仪的波长和效率定标进行了重点研究,运用这一谱仪分别测量了BaF2和Cs Ⅰ(Tl)等闪烁晶体的X射线激发发射谱.实验结果表明:该谱仪具有光谱分辨高、性能稳定、操作简便、屏蔽良好等特点,可为闪烁材料的探索和开发提供一种十分有效的研究手段.     

基于锥形单玻璃管X射线聚焦镜表征X射线光源参数

X射线光源的焦斑尺寸和焦深对X射线光谱学,尤其是对于微区X射线衍射与荧光分析等领域十分重要的参数。如何高效而准确的表征这些参数对于X射线光源的应用和发展至关重要。现有的光源参数表征方法,尤其在表征微焦斑光源的参数时,都存在自身的局限性。锥形单玻璃管X射线聚焦镜是一种常用的X射线聚焦器件。根据锥形单玻璃管X射线聚焦镜滤波特性和几何特点,分析得到聚焦镜的聚焦光能量上限的大小受到光源焦斑尺寸的影响,提出这个能量上限与光源尺寸和光源到聚焦镜入口的距离之间的数学关系。设计了一种基于锥形单玻璃管X射线聚焦镜的表征X射线光源参数的方法。对锥形单玻璃管X射线聚焦镜的参数进行测量和确定后,将聚焦镜放置要测量的光源前,与光源形成聚焦光路。在光路准直并确保只有在聚焦镜内发生单次全反射的X射线射出聚焦镜的情况下,通过改变聚焦镜与光源焦斑距离并利用能谱探测系统来探测聚焦光并得到多个对应的聚焦光能谱。对所得能谱进行计算与分析,得到各能谱中的能量最大值,即聚焦光的能量上限。利用聚焦光能量上限、光源焦斑尺寸和光源到聚焦镜的距离之间的关系并结合线性拟合法,可同时得到光源焦斑尺寸和焦深。选用制造商给出焦斑尺寸约60 μm,焦深为20 mm的微焦斑钼靶光源作为测量对象,利用基于锥形单玻璃管X射线聚焦镜的表征方法测量的结果为焦斑尺寸为60.1 μm,焦深为19.7 mm。用小孔成像法表征该光源焦斑尺寸为60.3 μm,焦深为20.1 mm。相较于现有的方法,基于锥形单玻璃管X射线聚焦镜的表征X射线光源参数方法对表征微焦斑光源有一定优势,对表征高能X射线光源有潜在发展和利用价值。     

X光底片在位相对标定

本文描述了X光底片在位相对标定技术。其原理是使X射线谱经阶梯形吸收滤片透射后,对X光底片曝光,测量底片的曝光量。文中给出了标定方法和数据处理方法,而且也给出了在X光激光实验中得到的Kodak AA5底片的特性曲线。     

X‐ray focusing by the system of refractive lens(es) placed inside asymmetric channel‐cut crystals

An X‐ray one‐dimensionally focusing system, a refracting–diffracting lens (RDL), composed of Bragg double‐asymmetric‐reflecting two‐crystal plane parallel plates and a double‐concave cylindrical parabolic lens placed in the gap between the plates is described. It is shown that the focal length of the RDL is equal to the focal distance of the separate lens multiplied by the square of the asymmetry factor. One can obtain RDLs with different focal lengths for certain applications. Using the point‐source function of dynamic diffraction, as well as the Green function in a vacuum with parabolic approximation, an expression for the double‐diffracted beam amplitude for an arbitrary incident wave is presented. Focusing of the plane incident wave and imaging of a point source are studied. The cases of non‐absorptive and absorptive lenses are discussed. The intensity distribution in the focusing plane and on the focusing line, and its dependence on wavelength, deviation from the Bragg angle and magnification is studied. Geometrical optical considerations are also given. RDLs can be applied to focus radiation from both laboratory and synchrotron X‐ray sources, for X‐ray imaging of objects, and for obtaining high‐intensity beams. RDLs can also be applied in X‐ray astronomy.     

KBA型X射线显微系统

KBA型X射线显微镜的物与像不在同一水平面上,采用双对准方式解决了在靶室安装这套仪器的困难。与通常的光学系统不同,KBA显微镜的伪光轴与实轴夹角8.748 6,设计了观察系统,保证了掠入射角的要求。KBA显微镜的物方孔径角很小,用可见光装调焦深很大,无法满足要求,因此设计了辅助光学成像系统,满足了焦深为5 mm的要求。     

Polarization control of an X‐ray free‐electron laser with a diamond phase retarder

A diamond phase retarder was applied to control the polarization states of a hard X‐ray free‐electron laser (XFEL) in the photon energy range 5–20 keV. The horizontal polarization of the XFEL beam generated from the planar undulators of the SPring‐8 Angstrom Compact Free‐Electron Laser (SACLA) was converted into vertical or circular polarization of either helicity by adjusting the angular offset of the diamond crystal from the exact Bragg condition. Using a 1.5 mm‐thick crystal, a high degree of circular polarization, 97%, was obtained for 11.56 keV monochromatic X‐rays, whereas the degree of vertical polarization was 67%, both of which agreed with the estimations including the energy bandwidth of the Si 111 beamline monochromator.     

The Munich Compact Light Source: initial performance measures

While large‐scale synchrotron sources provide a highly brilliant monochromatic X‐ray beam, these X‐ray sources are expensive in terms of installation and maintenance, and require large amounts of space due to the size of storage rings for GeV electrons. On the other hand, laboratory X‐ray tube sources can easily be implemented in laboratories or hospitals with comparatively little cost, but their performance features a lower brilliance and a polychromatic spectrum creates problems with beam hardening artifacts for imaging experiments. Over the last decade, compact synchrotron sources based on inverse Compton scattering have evolved as one of the most promising types of laboratory‐scale X‐ray sources: they provide a performance and brilliance that lie in between those of large‐scale synchrotron sources and X‐ray tube sources, with significantly reduced financial and spatial requirements. These sources produce X‐rays through the collision of relativistic electrons with infrared laser photons. In this study, an analysis of the performance, such as X‐ray flux, source size and spectra, of the first commercially sold compact light source, the Munich Compact Light Source, is presented.     

Utilizing broadband X‐rays in a Bragg coherent X‐ray diffraction imaging experiment

A method is presented to simplify Bragg coherent X‐ray diffraction imaging studies of complex heterogeneous crystalline materials with a two‐stage screening/imaging process that utilizes polychromatic and monochromatic coherent X‐rays and is compatible with in situ sample environments. Coherent white‐beam diffraction is used to identify an individual crystal particle or grain that displays desired properties within a larger population. A three‐dimensional reciprocal‐space map suitable for diffraction imaging is then measured for the Bragg peak of interest using a monochromatic beam energy scan that requires no sample motion, thus simplifying in situ chamber design. This approach was demonstrated with Au nanoparticles and will enable, for example, individual grains in a polycrystalline material of specific orientation to be selected, then imaged in three dimensions while under load.     

A microfocus X‐ray fluorescence beamline at Indus‐2 synchrotron radiation facility

A microfocus X‐ray fluorescence spectroscopy beamline (BL‐16) at the Indian synchrotron radiation facility Indus‐2 has been constructed with an experimental emphasis on environmental, archaeological, biomedical and material science applications involving heavy metal speciation and their localization. The beamline offers a combination of different analytical probes, e.g. X‐ray fluorescence mapping, X‐ray microspectroscopy and total‐external‐reflection fluorescence characterization. The beamline is installed on a bending‐magnet source with a working X‐ray energy range of 4–20 keV, enabling it to excite K‐edges of all elements from S to Nb and L‐edges from Ag to U. The optics of the beamline comprises of a double‐crystal monochromator with Si(111) symmetric and asymmetric crystals and a pair of Kirkpatrick–Baez focusing mirrors. This paper describes the performance of the beamline and its capabilities with examples of measured results.     

Theoretical consideration of an X‐ray Bragg‐reflection lens using the eikonal approximation

On the basis of the eikonal approximation, X‐ray Bragg‐case focusing by a perfect crystal with parabolic‐shaped entrance surface is considered theoretically. Expressions for focal distances, intensity gain and distribution around the focus spot as well as for the focus spot sizes are obtained. The condition of point focusing is presented. The experiment can be performed using X‐ray synchrotron radiation sources (particularly free‐electron lasers).     

Performance calculations of the X‐ray powder diffraction beamline at NSLS‐II

The X‐ray Powder Diffraction (XPD) beamline at the National Synchrotron Light Source II is a multi‐purpose high‐energy X‐ray diffraction beamline with high throughput and high resolution. The beamline uses a sagittally bent double‐Laue crystal monochromator to provide X‐rays over a large energy range (30–70 keV). In this paper the optical design and the calculated performance of the XPD beamline are presented. The damping wiggler source is simulated by the SRW code and a filter system is designed to optimize the photon flux as well as to reduce the heat load on the first optics. The final beamline performance under two operation modes is simulated using the SHADOW program. For the first time a multi‐lamellar model is introduced and implemented in the ray tracing of the bent Laue crystal monochromator. The optimization and the optical properties of the vertical focusing mirror are also discussed. Finally, the instrumental resolution function of the XPD beamline is described in an analytical method.     

Optical performance of materials for X‐ray refractive optics in the energy range 8–100 keV

A quantitative analysis of the crucial characteristics of currently used and promising materials for X‐ray refractive optics is performed in the extended energy range 8–100 keV. According to the examined parameters, beryllium is the material of choice for X‐ray compound refractive lenses (CRLs) in the energy range 8–25 keV. At higher energies the use of CRLs made of diamond and the cubic phase of boron nitride (c‐BN) is beneficial. It was demonstrated that the presence of the elements of the fourth (or higher) period has a fatal effect on the functional X‐ray properties even if low‐Z elements dominate in the compound, like in YB₆₆. Macroscopic properties are discussed: much higher melting points and thermal conductivities of C and c‐BN enable them to be used at the new generation of synchrotron radiation sources and X‐ray free‐electron lasers. The role of crystal and internal structure is discussed: materials with high density are preferable for refractive applications while less dense phases are suitable for X‐ray windows. Single‐crystal or amorphous glass‐like materials based on Li, Be, B or C that are free of diffuse scattering from grain boundaries, voids and inclusions are the best candidates for applications of highly coherent X‐ray beams.