title: Resonant soft X-ray diffraction - in extremis.
abstract: The use of softer-energy X-rays produced by synchrotron radiation for diffraction is an area of current interest. In this paper, experiments exploiting resonant scattering at the L absorption edges of 3d transition metal elements are reported. Such energies, typically 500-1000 eV, are at the extreme limit of soft X-ray diffraction where absorption effects are so severe that the sample and diffractometer must be placed in a windowless high-vacuum vessel. In addition, the Ewald sphere is so small as to likely contain, at most, only a single Bragg reflection. Advantages of using such radiation for the study of weak diffraction effects such as anomalous scattering, charge ordering, magnetic diffraction and orbital ordering are reported.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, University of Durham, Rochester Building, South Road, Durham DH1 3LE, UK. p.d.hatton@dur.ac.uk
authors.forename: P D
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Hatton
authors.forename: S B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Wilkins
authors.forename: T A W
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Beale
authors.forename: T K
authors.initials: TK
authors.lastname: Johal
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Prabhakaran
authors.forename: A T
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Boothroyd
mesh_terms: D003198:Computer Simulation; D004867:Equipment Design; D008280:Magnetics / Q000295:instrumentation*; D008956:Models, Chemical; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D014961:X-Ray Diffraction / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends