X-ray beam quality after a mirror reflection: Experimental and simulated results for a toroidal mirror in a 4 th generation storage-ring beamline

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  1. Juan Reyes-Herrera ,  
  2. Rafael Celestre ,  
  3. Marco Cammarata
    ,  
  4. Raymond Barrett
    ,  
  5. Matteo Levantino ,  
  6. Manuel Sanchez del Rio
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Abstract

Background

The surface errors found in X-ray mirrors constitute a limiting factor for preserving beam quality. This is particularly important when the X-ray beam has low emittance and a significant coherence fraction, like in newly upgraded synchrotron storage rings.

Methods

We studied the fringes observed in the image of an undulator-produced X-ray beam reflected by a high-quality toroidal mirror. The measurements and simulations were performed using different conditions: a photon beam either monochromatic or with large bandwidth, reflected by a mirror with variable curvature.

Results

The experimental data are compared with up-to-date simulation including partial coherence.

Conclusions

The observed fringes in the unfocused beam correlate with low spatial frequency structures in mirror profiles, irrespective of beam coherence. Both classical ray tracing and partially coherent simulations through coherent mode decomposition are confirmed as accurate methods for such simulations.

Plain Language Summary

In this study, researchers focused on the surface errors found in X-ray mirrors and their impact on beam quality. These errors can be problematic, especially when dealing with X-ray beams coming from low emittance (a measure of beam size and divergence) electron beam sources and a significant coherence fraction (indicating the level of wavefront coherence).

The researchers specifically investigated the fringes observed in the image of an X-ray beam produced by an undulator and reflected by a high-quality toroidal mirror. They conducted measurements and simulations under different conditions, such as using a monochromatic photon beam or one with a wide range of wavelengths, and varying the curvature of the mirror.

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Juan Reyes-Herrera
0000-0002-9472-7758
Grant information

This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme under grant agreements N◦ 823852 (Photon and Neutron Open Science Cloud – PaNOSC).

The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.

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© 2023 Juan Reyes-Herrera (Corresponding Author, Co-Author); Rafael Celestre (Co-Author); Marco Cammarata (Co-Author); Raymond Barrett (Co-Author); Matteo Levantino (Co-Author); Manuel Sanchez del Rio (Co-Author) Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

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Juan Reyes-Herrera

European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Grenoble, 38043, France

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Corresponding Author, Co-Author, Conceptualization, Data Curation, Formal Analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project Administration, Software, Visualization, Writing – Original Draft Preparation, Writing – Review & Editing
0000-0002-9472-7758

Rafael Celestre

European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Grenoble, 38043, France

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Co-Author, Conceptualization, Funding Acquisition, Software, Supervision, Writing – Review & Editing
0000-0001-9398-4114

Marco Cammarata

European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Grenoble, 38043, France

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Co-Author, Conceptualization, Data Curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – Review & Editing

Raymond Barrett

European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Grenoble, 38043, France

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Co-Author, Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – Review & Editing

Matteo Levantino

European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Grenoble, 38043, France

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Co-Author, Conceptualization, Data Curation, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – Review & Editing
0000-0002-1224-4809

Manuel Sanchez del Rio

European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Grenoble, 38043, France

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Co-Author, Conceptualization, Data Curation, Formal Analysis, Funding Acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – Original Draft Preparation, Writing – Review & Editing

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