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Manuel Sanchez Del Rio¹, Kenneth A Goldberg¹, Valeriy V Yashchuk¹

¹Advanced Light Source, LBNL, Berkeley, CA, USA.

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Summary

Diaboloid mirrors convert spherical to cylindrical waves, offering advanced focusing for new light sources. These optics are crucial for reducing aberrations in low-emittance storage rings.

Keywords:

aberrations bending-magnet beamline diaboloid low-emittance storage rings ray tracing

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Area of Science:

Optics
Beamline Design
Advanced Light Sources

Background:

Toroidal optics are currently used for astigmatic focusing in beamlines.
New low-emittance storage rings require optics that minimize aberrations due to small source sizes.

Purpose of the Study:

To describe the numerical implementation of diaboloid mirrors.
To study the benefits of diaboloid mirrors in beamlines, particularly those using diffraction-limited storage rings.
To evaluate approximations of diaboloid surfaces and their magnification effects.

Main Methods:

Numerical implementation of diaboloid mirror geometry.
Ray tracing simulations to analyze beamline performance.
Comparison with existing toroidal optics.

Main Results:

Diaboloid mirrors effectively convert spherical waves to cylindrical waves.
Ray tracing demonstrates the benefit of diaboloids in diffraction-limited storage ring beamlines.
The reduction of aberrations is significant for small source sizes in low-emittance rings.

Conclusions:

Diaboloid mirrors present a viable alternative to toroidal optics for specific beamline applications.
Their use is particularly advantageous in next-generation low-emittance storage rings.
Further analysis of diaboloid approximations and magnification is warranted.