Setup for meV-resolution inelastic X-ray scattering measurements and X-ray diffraction at the Matter in Extreme Conditions endstation at the Linac Coherent Light Source

E E McBride; T G White; A Descamps; L B Fletcher; K Appel; F P Condamine; C B Curry; F Dallari; S Funk; E Galtier; E J Gamboa; M Gauthier; S Goede; J B Kim; H J Lee; B K Ofori-Okai; M Oliver; A Rigby; C Schoenwaelder; P Sun; Th Tschentscher; B B L Witte; U Zastrau; G Gregori; B Nagler; J Hastings; S H Glenzer; G Monaco

doi:10.1063/1.5039329

Setup for meV-resolution inelastic X-ray scattering measurements and X-ray diffraction at the Matter in Extreme Conditions endstation at the Linac Coherent Light Source

Rev Sci Instrum. 2018 Oct;89(10):10F104. doi: 10.1063/1.5039329.

Authors

E E McBride¹, T G White², A Descamps¹, L B Fletcher¹, K Appel³, F P Condamine⁴, C B Curry¹, F Dallari⁵, S Funk⁶, E Galtier¹, E J Gamboa, M Gauthier¹, S Goede³, J B Kim¹, H J Lee¹, B K Ofori-Okai¹, M Oliver⁷, A Rigby⁷, C Schoenwaelder¹, P Sun¹, Th Tschentscher³, B B L Witte¹, U Zastrau³, G Gregori⁷, B Nagler¹, J Hastings¹, S H Glenzer¹, G Monaco⁵

Affiliations

¹ SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA.
² University of Nevada at Reno, Reno, Nevada 89506, USA.
³ European XFEL GmbH, Holzkoppel 4, D-22869 Schenefeld, Germany.
⁴ Sorbonne Universités, UPMC, LULI, UMR 7605, Case 128, 4 Place Jussieu, 75252 Paris Cedex 05, France.
⁵ Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Trento, via Sommarive 14, Povo 38123, TN, Italy.
⁶ Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics, Erwin-Rommel-Str. 1, D-91058 Erlangen, Germany.
⁷ Department of Physics, Clarendon Laboratory, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PU, United Kingdom.

PMID: 30399942
DOI: 10.1063/1.5039329

Abstract

We describe a setup for performing inelastic X-ray scattering and X-ray diffraction measurements at the Matter in Extreme Conditions (MEC) endstation of the Linac Coherent Light Source. This technique is capable of performing high-, meV-resolution measurements of dynamic ion features in both crystalline and non-crystalline materials. A four-bounce silicon (533) monochromator was used in conjunction with three silicon (533) diced crystal analyzers to provide an energy resolution of ∼50 meV over a range of ∼500 meV in single shot measurements. In addition to the instrument resolution function, we demonstrate the measurement of longitudinal acoustic phonon modes in polycrystalline diamond. Furthermore, this setup may be combined with the high intensity laser drivers available at MEC to create warm dense matter and subsequently measure ion acoustic modes.