Continuous‐scan capability at SSRL and applications to X‐ray diffraction

Typical X‐ray diffraction measurements are made by moving a detector to discrete positions in space and then measuring the signal at each stationary position. This step‐scanning method can be time‐consuming, and may induce vibrations in the measurement system when the motors are accelerated and decelerated at each position. Furthermore, diffraction information between the data points may be missed unless a fine step‐scanning is used, which further increases the total measurement time. To utilize beam time efficiently, the motor acceleration and deceleration time should be minimized, and the signal‐to‐noise ratio should be maximized. To accomplish this, an integrated continuous‐scan system was developed at the Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource (SSRL). The continuous‐scan system uses an in‐house integrated motor controller system and counter/timer electronics. SPEC software is used to control both the hardware and data acquisition systems. The time efficiency and repeatability of the continuous‐scan system were tested using X‐ray diffraction from a ZnO powder and compared with the step‐scan technique. Advantages and limitations of the continuous‐scan system and a demonstration of variable‐velocity continuous scan are discussed.     

基于二元光学设计的高能激光窗口的初步探讨

对非均匀近场强度分布影响强激光远场聚焦效果的原因进行了分析。对高能激光窗口进行了二元光学设计。提高了光束强度分布的均匀性,改善了光束质量。介绍了二元光学设计的基本原理,采用随机并行扰动爬山法对窗口的位相分布、变换后的光束强度分布、衍射效率和光束均匀性进行了计算。计算结果表明,基于二元光学设计的激光窗口能有效地改善光束强度分布的均匀性,提高了发射光束的质量。     

Characterization of an in‐vacuum PILATUS 1M detector

A dedicated in‐vacuum X‐ray detector based on the hybrid pixel PILATUS 1M detector has been installed at the four‐crystal monochromator beamline of the PTB at the electron storage ring BESSY II in Berlin, Germany. Owing to its windowless operation, the detector can be used in the entire photon energy range of the beamline from 10 keV down to 1.75 keV for small‐angle X‐ray scattering (SAXS) experiments and anomalous SAXS at absorption edges of light elements. The radiometric and geometric properties of the detector such as quantum efficiency, pixel pitch and module alignment have been determined with low uncertainties. The first grazing‐incidence SAXS results demonstrate the superior resolution in momentum transfer achievable at low photon energies.     

Temperature tunability of cavity-semiconducting waveguide coupling in a two-dimensional photonic crystal

We study the coupling efficiency between a cavity resonator and semiconducting waveguide in a two-dimensional photonic crystal by varying the temperature. We used the revised plane wave expansion and finite difference time domain methods to evaluate the coupling efficiency. The photonic crystal waveguide is composed of a row of InSb semiconducting materials, and the efficiency was calculated at various temperatures. The findings indicate that the temperature can be used as a useful efficiency controller.     

Compare study between smoothing efficiencies of epicyclic motion and orbital motion

The smoothing efficiencies of epicyclic motion and orbital motion in CCOS (computer controlled optical surfacing) were compared. CCOS polishing can smooth out mid-to-high spatial frequency errors which are smaller than tool size on optical mirrors due to the rigidity of polishing tools. The smoothing efficiencies of epicyclic motion and orbital motion with pitch lap and RC lap were compared and the result proved pitch lap with epicyclic motion smoothed ∼1.6 times faster than pitch lap with orbital motion while RC lap with epicyclic motion smoothed ∼1.85 times faster than RC lap with orbital motion.     

An approach to evaluate the efficiency of y-ray detectors to determine the radioactivity in environmental samples

This work provides an approach to determine the efficiency of T-ray detectors with a good accuracy in order to determine the concentrations of either naturally occurring or artificially prepared radionuclides. This approach is based on the efficiency transfer formula （ET）, the effective solid angles, the self- absorptions of the source matrix, the attenuation by the source container and the detector housing materials on the detector efficiency. The experimental calibration process was done using radioactive （Cylindrical ＆ Marinelli） sources, in different dimensions, that contain aqueous 152Eu radionuclide. The comparison point to a fine agreement between the experimental measured and calculated efficiencies for the （NaI ＆ HPGe） detectors using volumetric radioactive sources.     

The analysis of spatial light to Bragg fiber coupling ratio

On the basis of the electromagnetic field mode matching theory, the coupling efficiency ratio from spatial light to Bragg fiber is analyzed, which shows that the coupling efficiency ratio is related to the radius of focused facular, the core radius of Bragg fiber and wave number of the core. By optimizing the value of such parameters appropriately, the Bragg fiber coupling efficiency ratio can be improved. It is also important for the analysis of the coupling efficiency of Bragg fiber, which can be applied to the free optical communication system and laser radar system.     

不同变掺杂结构GaAs光电阴极的光谱特性分析

为定量研究变掺杂结构对阴极量子效率的作用效果,设计生长了两种不同掺杂方式的反射式梯度掺杂GaAs光电阴极,激活后测量了两者的光谱响应曲线。将光谱响应曲线转换为对应的量子效率曲线,对不同入射光波段的量子效率进行了拟合分析,得到了体现变掺杂结构贡献程度的变掺杂系数K值。研究发现,同一阴极材料对不同波段的入射光,其掺杂结构产生的作用效果各不相同。同时,不同掺杂结构光电阴极对于相同波段范围内的入射光,其作用效果也不相同。产生这些差别的根本原因,是由于不同掺杂结构下,材料中内建电场的位置和强度不同而造成的。该研究为评判不同掺杂方式下光电阴极的结构性能提供了有效的分析手段,对研究阴极变掺杂结构的优化设计具有非常重要的应用价值。     

Two-dimensional model of elastically coupled molecular motors

A flashing ratchet model of a two-headed molecular motor in a two-dimensional potential is proposed to simulate the hand-over-hand motion of kinesins.Extensive Langevin simulations of the model are performed.We discuss the dependences of motion and efficiency on the model parameters,including the external force and the temperature.A good qualitative agreement with the expected behavior is observed.     

两种反射膜系的激光热力损伤特性

 在驻波场理论基础上,用表面和界面强吸收理论模型,计算出了激光辐照下两种不同反射膜系中温度场的“多峰”分布特性,分析了激光对薄膜的热力损伤特性、主要破坏模式和阈值条件。结果表明,光学薄膜对激光能量的吸收,主要由驻波场分布及膜层的消光系数决定;膜系表面的杂质吸附层和界面吸收层是膜系的主要能量沉积区,从而在这些界面形成温度场的“多峰”分布,界面因此成为最容易受激光损伤的部分。导致光学薄膜激光损伤的主要模式为膜层熔融和脱落两种。如果膜层中含有杂质,则容易诱导杂质处膜层剥落破坏。