title: Measuring the diffraction properties of an imaging quartz(211) crystal.
abstract: A dual goniometer X-ray system was used to measure the reflectivity curve for a spherically bent quartz(211) crystal. An analysis of the dual goniometer instrument response function for the rocking curve width measurement was developed and tested against the actual measurements. The rocking curve was measured at 4510.8 eV using the Ti Kα1 characteristic spectral line. The crystal is the dispersion element for a high resolution spectrometer used for plasma studies. It was expected to have a very narrow rocking curve width. The analysis showed that we could measure the upper bound for the rocking curve width of the Qz(211) crystal. The upper bound was 58 μrad giving a lower bound for the instrument resolving power E/ΔE = 34 000. Greatly improved insight into the dual goniometer operation and its limitations was achieved.
authors.affiliation: National Security Technologies, LLC, Livermore, California 94550, USA.
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Haugh
authors.affiliation: National Security Technologies, LLC, Livermore, California 94550, USA.
authors.forename: K D
authors.initials: KD
authors.lastname: Jacoby
authors.affiliation: National Security Technologies, LLC, Livermore, California 94550, USA.
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Koch
authors.affiliation: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 7000 East Avenue, Livermore, California 94550, USA.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton, New Jersey 08543, USA.
authors.forename: K W
authors.initials: KW
authors.lastname: Hill
authors.affiliation: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 7000 East Avenue, Livermore, California 94550, USA.
authors.forename: M B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Schneider