Quasi-sinusoidal single-order diffraction transmission grating used in x-ray spectroscopy

A novel design of quasi-sinusoidal single-order diffraction transmission grating (QSTG) is proposed, which can achieve a line density up to thousands line/millimeter as that of traditional transmission gratings with the current level of nanofabrication technique. We fabricate a 1000?line/mm QSTG using the new design approach, and display the calibration results of such QSTG on the soft x-ray beam of synchrotron radiation.     

惯性约束聚变软X射线在线标定系统概念设计

长期以来，惯性约束聚变（ICF）研究软X射线诊断科学仪器设备的元器件标定工作主要依赖同步辐射光源X射线辐射计量站进行。该类装置通常与用于开展ICF研究的大型激光装置分处两地，难以满足ICF研究软X射线元器件实时实地的标定应用需求。另外，由于同步辐射和ICF激光等离子体产生的X射线辐射特性存在较大差异，同步辐射计量站的标定结果事实上也不能完全反映元器件在ICF实验应用中的计量响应特性。本文首先介绍一种基于单光学元件的软X射线紧凑型无谐波光源单色化技术，以此为基础提出研制基于ICF激光等离子体X射线源的同源、同几何位形、双束比较校准的多能量通道光源单色化系统，用于ICF应用软X射线元器件的在线标定。新系统一方面可望满足ICF软X射线元器件实时实地的标定应用需求；另一方面，其提供的标定光束的技术特征将最大可能地接近ICF激光等离子体X射线辐射本身。配备相应的X射线二极管（XRD）和标准探测器之后，该系统将形成一套具有在线自校准功能的新型多通道δ能量响应软X射线能谱仪。     

软X射线双频光栅剪切干涉法研究

本文中设计了一种利用软X射线双频光栅作为剪切干涉元件的剪切系统, 使剪切干涉法在软X射线波段得到了应用. 介绍了软X射线双频光栅的结构及衍射特性, 在同步辐射光束线对双频光栅的效率分布进行了测试实验, 两个剪切级次的效率比值高于75%, 干扰级次效率低于5%. 利用软X射线双频光栅为剪切干涉光学元件, 对待测靶进行了静态检测, 得到了对比度高, 稳定的干涉条纹, 验证了该方法在软X射线等离子体密度诊断中的可行性. 关键词： 双频光栅 剪切干涉仪 软X射线 等离子体诊断     

KTP(001)晶体分光性能研究

根据同步辐射光源对软X射线分光晶体的性能要求,分析了软X射线能区常用分光晶体的性能优劣,指出对于晶格常数值大的分光晶体,KTP(KTiOPO₄)(011)是该能区比较理想的分光晶体. 同时提出了一种利用同步辐射光源测量晶体衍射效率的实验方法,指出光源的发散度与晶体的衍射效率密切相关. 测量了KTP(011)晶体的晶格常数,给出了KTP(011)晶体的实测衍射效率. 关键词： 同步辐射 KTP(011)晶体 衍射效率 光源发散度     

Photoelectron spectroscopy in the energy region 30 to 800 eV using synchrotron radiation

With the advent of synchrotron radiation, the photoemission techniques were extended to a continuous range of excitation energies in the far ultraviolet and soft x-ray regions, adding tremendously to the usefulness of photoemission as a probe of the electronic structure of materials. In this paper, we discuss the application of photoelectron spectroscopy using synchrotron radiation to the studies of oxygen chemisorption/oxidation of Si surfaces, metal overlayers on III-V semiconductor surfaces, chemisorption on transition metal surfaces, and the surface electronic structure of CuNi alloys.     

Higher order harmonics suppression in extreme ultraviolet and soft x-ray

The extreme ultraviolet and soft x-ray sources are widely used in various domains. Suppressing higher order harmonics and improving spectral purity are significant. This paper describes a novel method of higher order harmonics suppression with single order diffraction gratings in extreme ultraviolet and soft x-ray. The principle of harmonic suppression with single order diffraction grating is described, and an extreme ultraviolet and soft x-ray non-harmonics grating monochromator is designed based on the single order diffraction grating. The performance is simulated by an optical design software. The emergent beams of a monochromator with different gratings are measured by a transmission grating spectrometer. The results show that the single order diffraction grating can suppress higher order harmonics effectively, and it is expected to be widely used in synchrotron radiation, diagnostics of laser induced plasma, and astrophysics.     

A rapid and convenient experimental method of absolutely calibrating transmission of x-ray flat-response filter

We develop a rapid and convenient experimental method of absolutely calibrating the transmission of an x-ray flatresponse filter. The calibration experiment is performed on a small laser-target facility, and a set of high resolution holographic flat-field grating spectrometers is used as a discrimination system of the laser-produced x-ray source. Given that the holographic flat-field grating has a relatively large width, the grating is divided into two regions for use in that direction,where one region has the filter added and the other region does not. The filter transmission is determined by dividing the x-ray signal counts detected when the filter is in the line of sight by those detected when the filter is out of the line of sight.We find that the calibration results of this experiment agree with the calibration results using a synchrotron radiation source,as well as simulation results. Our method is not only highly reliable but also rapid and convenient.     

Light-controlled pulsed x-ray tube with photocathode

Unstable mechanical structure, low energy efficiency, and cooling requirements limit the application of conventional x-ray tubes based on filament as cathode in several academic areas. In this paper, we demonstrate a light-controlled pulsed x-ray tube using multialkali cathode as electron generator. The photocathode active area of the light controlled x-ray tube is 13.2 cm² (41 mm in diameter), which provides high photoelectron-emitting efficiency up to 0.288 mA/lm in 460-nm LED and 2.37-mA maximum tube current. Furthermore, the modulation ability from 1 kHz to 100 kHz of the x-ray tube is tested. The results suggest that the light-controlled pulsed x-ray tube has easy modulation and short x-ray pulse properties and is promising to be the next generation x-ray tube with wide applications in medical radiation therapy as well as the calibration for detectors and scintillators.     

同步辐射软X射线源用于软X射线探测元件定标

用于惯性约束聚变诊断的软Ｘ射线探测元器件的能量响应曲线定标，利用北京同步辐射装置（BSRF-3B1束线，束流为20—80mA，光子能量为250—1000eV,通量约为10¹²photon/s·mm²·mr²·0.1%band width）及反射率计靶室，采用AXUV-100硅光二极管作源强绝对监测．对X射线二极管（XRD）及金刚石光电导探测器等五种探测元件进行能量响应曲线定标，获得初步实验结果，并对数据进行了分析 关键词：     

"Devil's staircase"-type phase transition in NaV2O5 under high pressure

The "devil's staircase"-type phase transition in the quarter-filled spin-ladder compound NaV2O5 has been discovered at low temperature and high pressure by synchrotron radiation x-ray diffraction. A large number of transitions are found to successively take place among higher-order commensurate phases with 2a x 2b x zc type superstructures. The observed temperature and pressure dependence of modulation wave number q(c), defined by 1/z, is well reproduced by the axial next nearest neighbor Ising model. The q(c) is suggested to reflect atomic displacements presumably coupled with charge ordering in this system.     

应用同步辐射光源的表面物理研究—现状与展望

本文综述了应用同步辐射光源的几种主要表面物理研究技术。内容包括:同步辐射光电子能谱(SRPES)、表面广延X射线吸收边精细结构(SEXAFS)、光电子衍射(PED)和掠角入射X射线衍射(GIXD)等。对每种技术的原理、应用实例和最新进展都作了较详细的介绍。     

Enhancement of double auger decay probability in xenon clusters irradiated with a soft-x-ray laser pulse

The interaction of large Xe clusters with a soft x-ray laser pulse having a wavelength of 13.9 nm and an intensity of up to 2x10(10) W/cm2 was investigated using a time-of-flight ion mass spectrometer. The corresponding laser photon energy was sufficiently high to photoionize Xe 4d innershell electrons. It was found that Xe3+ ions (which result from double Auger decay of 4d vacancies) became the dominant final ionic product with increasing cluster size and x-ray intensity. This is in contrast to the results of synchrotron radiation experiments involving free Xe atoms, in which Xe2+ is the dominant resultant ion species. Possible mechanisms responsible for the enhancement of the double Auger transition probability in x-ray laser and cluster interaction are discussed.     

5FW 软X光胶片响应在同步辐射源上的实验标定

 介绍了5FW 软X-光胶片在同步辐射源上进行响应标定的一种实验方法, 得到了5FW 软X-光胶片对波长为1. 47nm 和4. 59nm 软X 光的相对响应实验曲线, 并与用理论模型计算的结果进行了比较。     

Upgrading design of the 3B1A beamline for x-ray nanometre lithography of microelectronic devices at BSRF

Beijing Synchrotron Radiation Facility is a partly dedicated synchrotron radiation source operated in either parasitic or dedicated mode. The 3B1A beamline, extracted from a bending magnet, was originally designed as a soft x-ray beamline for submicro x-ray lithography with critical lateral size just below 1μm in 1988 and no change has been made since it was built. But later the required resolution of x-ray lithography has changed from sub-micrometre to the nanometre in the critical lateral size. This beamline can longer more meet the requirement for x-ray nano lithography and has to be modified to fit the purpose. To upgrade the design of the 3B1A beamline for x-ray nano lithography, a mirror is used to reflect and scan the x-ray beam for the nano lithography station, but the mirror's grazing angle is changed to 27.9mrad in the vertical direction, and the convex curve needs to be modified to fit the change; the tiny change of mirror scanning angle is firstly considered to improve the uniformity of the x-ray spot on the wafer by controlling the convex curve.     

Intense, broadband, pulsed I-R source at the national synchrotron light source

We describe a broadband (1 m–1 mm) synchrotron radiation infrared source, pulsed each 20–180 nseconds and delivering about 10¹⁵ photons/sec/1% bandpass into f10 optics. The source size is diffraction limited. This source is thus 100–1000 times brighter than a 2000°K black body, very stable and capable of being used for calibration.Work supported by the U.S. Department of Energy.     

铁基K0.8Fe2-ySe2体系的单晶生长与结构研究

本文报道了采用自助溶剂法对不同组分K0.8Fe2-ySe2单晶生长和结构研究的实验结果.X-射线衍射XRD(Cu靶和同步辐射)结构分析表明样品中存在两套衍射峰(分别对应相1和相2),相1能够用ThCr2Si2结构,空间群I4/mmm(No.139)指标化,对应超导相.而相2能够用单一米勒指数(0 0l)标定,可能对应一个新的物相.相2的存在能够在不同组分的KxFe2-ySe2单晶样品中很好的重复.利用高分辨透射电子显微镜(TEM)研究了K0.8Fe2Se2样品的"结构相分离"特征,结果表明样品中存在明显的位错缺陷,可能与两相结构的竞争有关.对K0.8Fe2Se2单晶样品直流磁化测量表明相2可能为弱铁磁性,从而引起高温Tp～125K的ZFC与FC磁性反常.     

Observation of high soft x-ray drive in large-scale hohlraums at the National Ignition Facility

The first soft x-ray radiation flux measurements from hohlraums using both a 96 and a 192 beam configuration at the National Ignition Facility have shown high x-ray conversion efficiencies of ～85%-90%. These experiments employed gold vacuum hohlraums, 6.4 mm long and 3.55 mm in diameter, heated with laser energies between 150-635 kJ. The hohlraums reached radiation temperatures of up to 340 eV. These hohlraums for the first time reached coronal plasma conditions sufficient for two-electron processes and coronal heat conduction to be important for determining the radiation drive.     

Deviatoric stress: a nuisance or a gold mine?

Both synchrotron radiation and deviatoric stress were once considered to be nuisances. Now synchrotron radiation is one of the most important tools available to scientists of all disciplines and deviatoric stress is one of the most useful aspects of x-ray diffraction at extreme conditions. Samples in high-pressure devices are under true hydrostatic pressure only when surrounded by a fluid, thus limiting true hydrostatic pressure studies at ambient temperatures to pressures below about 11?GPa. Elevated temperature is able to extend this limit but has rarely been used for this purpose. Instead, noble gases have been used as pressure media as their solids are especially soft. Deviatoric stress and resultant anisotropic elastic strain in solid samples and solid media have led to many subtle errors in determinations of elastic properties and crystal structures, especially in the days before it was realized that they could be measured and were potentially a valuable source of information. In recent years, measuring anisotropic elastic strain by x-ray diffraction has provided new insights into materials strength, elastic properties, crystal structures, mechanisms of phase transitions, slip systems, lattice preferred orientation, and, of course, ways to make corrections when deviatoric stress is indeed a nuisance.     

上海软X光胶片响应的相对标定

介绍了在同步辐射源上用透射光栅对“上海”软Ｘ光胶片进行相对标定的方法，初步研究了“上海”胶片的特性，得到了在２７６ｅＶ和９３０ｅＶ两能点的胶片黑密度与相对曝光量的关系曲线；应用标定结果。     

Analysis of characteristic X-ray generation induced by laser plasma electrons accelerated by an electric field

The results of experiments devoted to the study of spectral, spatial, and time characteristics of a spectrally bright point x-ray source based on a vacuum diode with a laser-plasma cathode and a titanium needle anode with a photon energy approximately equal to 4.5 keV are presented. The experimental results revealed a considerable difference between the electron emission from laser plasma in a strong electric field and the explosive electron emission and demonstrated the effectiveness of laser plasma as an electron source. The optimization of the laser radiation power density, the accelerating voltage, and the interelectrode spacing made it possible to create a point x-ray source whose spectral brightness exceeds available sources in the class of small-size pulse x-ray instruments (tubes with explosive cathodes). It has been proved experimentally that the maximum contrast of the characteristic lines of the anode material is attained in the case of an optimal choice of accelerating voltage. The x-ray source has the following parameters: (1) spectral brightness of the K-lines of titanium of the order of 10²¹ photons/cm² s sr keV; (2) emitting region size of 250 mm; and (3) laser pulse duration less than 20 ns.