Design and performance of a dedicated coherent X-ray scanning diffraction instrument at beamline NanoMAX of MAX IV

J Synchrotron Radiat. 2022 May 1;29(Pt 3):876-887. doi: 10.1107/S1600577522001333. Epub 2022 Mar 16.

Abstract

The diffraction endstation of the NanoMAX beamline is designed to provide high-flux coherent X-ray nano-beams for experiments requiring many degrees of freedom for sample and detector. The endstation is equipped with high-efficiency Kirkpatrick-Baez mirror focusing optics and a two-circle goniometer supporting a positioning and scanning device, designed to carry a compact sample environment. A robot is used as a detector arm. The endstation, in continued development, has been in user operation since summer 2017.

Keywords: X-ray imaging; coherent X-rays; hard X-ray nanoprobes; instrumentation; scanning X-ray diffraction.