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High Pressure Single Crystal Diffraction at PX^2
Published on: January 16, 2017
A novel facility using a Laue focusing monochromator for high-pressure diffraction at the SRS, Daresbury, UK
Alistair R Lennie1, David Laundy, Mark A Roberts
1Daresbury Laboratory, Warrington WA4 4AD, UK. a.lennie@dl.ac.uk
Abstract:
A novel Laue focusing monochromator has been developed to provide intense X-radiation for high-pressure diffraction experiments. A beamline using this monochromator has been successfully developed on station 9.5 at the SRS, Daresbury Laboratory. Contributions to resolution from monochromator bandpass and divergence due to focusing have been quantified and are used to assess experimental diffraction data from diamond-anvil cells recorded using image plates with X-rays at approximately 30 keV. This optical and beamline design could be readily adapted to use X-rays from a bending magnet on a third-generation synchrotron source.

