ultra-thin Bragg crystals for LCLS beam-sharing operation

Yiping Feng; Diling Zhu; Aymeric Robert; Henrik T. Lemke; Matthieu Chollet; David M. Fritz; Jerome B. Hastings; Jan M. Feldkamp; Marco Cammarata; Stefan Moeller; Makina Yabashi; Kensuke Tono; Xianrong Huang

doi:10.1117/12.930944

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17 October 2012 Ultra-thin Bragg crystals for LCLS beam-sharing operation

Yiping Feng, Diling Zhu, Aymeric Robert, Henrik T. Lemke, Matthieu Chollet, David M. Fritz, Jerome B. Hastings, Jan M. Feldkamp, Marco Cammarata, Stefan Moeller, Makina Yabashi, Kensuke Tono, Xianrong Huang

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Proceedings Volume 8504, X-Ray Free-Electron Lasers: Beam Diagnostics, Beamline Instrumentation, and Applications; 85040V (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.930944
Event: SPIE Optical Engineering + Applications, 2012, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

The advent of X-ray Free-electron Laser (FEL) such as the Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS) has and will continue to enable breakthroughs and discoveries in a wide range of scientific disciplines including physics, chemistry, structural biology, and material science. It has created high demand on user beamtime that is often left unfulfilled. We report here the fabrication, characterization and X-ray measurements of ultra-thin silicon single-crystal membranes for potentially beam-sharing the LCLS beam. Using a special fabrication process, samples of (111), (110), and (100) orientations were made with thicknesses ranging from 5 to 20 μm. Both high-resolution rocking curves and white-beam topographic data were first obtained using synchrotron X-rays, demonstrating near ideal diffraction qualities. Subsequent tests using the full LCLS FEL beam revealed lattice distortions from beam-induced membrane vibrations, which were then shown to be effectively reduced by ambient air or with smaller membrane dimensions. These findings are paving a way for a practical beam-sharing implementation at LCLS in the near future.

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Yiping Feng, Diling Zhu, Aymeric Robert, Henrik T. Lemke, Matthieu Chollet, David M. Fritz, Jerome B. Hastings, Jan M. Feldkamp, Marco Cammarata, Stefan Moeller, Makina Yabashi, Kensuke Tono, and Xianrong Huang "Ultra-thin Bragg crystals for LCLS beam-sharing operation", Proc. SPIE 8504, X-Ray Free-Electron Lasers: Beam Diagnostics, Beamline Instrumentation, and Applications, 85040V (17 October 2012); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.930944

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