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Nanoradian angular stabilization of x-ray optical components

Instrumentation and Detectors 2015-05-18 v1

Abstract

An x-ray free electron laser oscillator (XFELO) has been recently proposed [K. Kim, Y. Shvyd'ko, and S. Reiche, Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 244802 (2008)]. Angular orientation and position in space of Bragg mirrors of the XFELO optical cavity must be continuously adjusted to compensate instabilities and maximize the output intensity. An angular stability of about 10 nrad (rms) is required [K. Kim and Y. Shvyd'ko Phys. Rev. STAB 12, 030703 (2009)]. To approach this goal, a feedback loop based on a null-detection principle was designed and used for stabilization of a high energy resolution x-ray monochromator (ΔE/E4×108\Delta E/E \simeq 4 \times 10^{-8}, EE = 23.7 keV) and a high heat load monochromator. Angular stability of about 13 nrad (rms) has been demonstrated for x-ray optical elements of the monochromators.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1002.1734,
  title  = {Nanoradian angular stabilization of x-ray optical components},
  author = {Stanislav Stoupin and Frank Lenkszus and Robert Laird and Kurt Goetze and Kwang-Je Kim and Yuri Shvyd'ko},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1002.1734},
  year   = {2015}
}

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