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A setup for grazing incidence fast atom diffraction

Instrumentation and Detectors 2022-09-23 v1

Abstract

We describe a UHV setup for grazing incidence fast atom diffraction (GIFAD) experiments. The overall geometry is simply a source of keV atoms facing an imaging detector. Therefore, It is very similar to the geometry of RHEED experiments, reflection high energy electron diffraction used to monitor growth at surfaces. Several custom instrumental developments are described making GIFAD operation efficient and straightforward. The difficulties associated with accurately measuring the small scattering angle and the related calibration are carefully analyzed.

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@article{arxiv.2205.08139,
  title  = {A setup for grazing incidence fast atom diffraction},
  author = {Peng Pan and Jaafar Najafi Rad and Philippe Roncin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2205.08139},
  year   = {2022}
}

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14 pages, 15figures

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