New instrumentation for micro-imaging X-ray absorption spectroscopy using optical detection methods

Nigel Poolton; B. M. Towlson; B. Hamilton; D. A. Evans

doi:10.1016/j.nimb.2006.01.013

New instrumentation for micro-imaging X-ray absorption spectroscopy using optical detection methods

Nigel Poolton, B. M. Towlson, B. Hamilton, D. A. Evans

Department of Physics

University of Manchester

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Abstract

The design and use of a novel portable synchrotron end-station is described, that allows for the micro-imaging of X-ray absorption features of solids, via their luminescence emission. This mode of measurement is possible on most standard synchrotron beamlines (i.e. not only those with dedicated optics to allow X-ray micro-imaging) and any excitation energy is usable, typically from the UV to hard X-rays, 4 eV to 70 keV. Furthermore, since the micro-imaging is obtained via optical detection of X-ray absorption, a direct link between the X-ray features and the luminescence characteristics of a sample is possible. The article describes both the technical aspects of the new instrument and some of its early uses in the XUV energy range on beamline MPW 6.1 (40–450 eV) at the UK’s synchrotron radiation source at Daresbury.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	445-451
Number of pages	7
Journal	Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms
Volume	246
Issue number	2
Early online date	17 Feb 2006
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nimb.2006.01.013
Publication status	Published - 01 May 2006

Keywords

Synchrotron
Micro-imaging
Luminescence
Spectrometer
XAS
OD-XAS
XEOL

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New instrumentation for micro-imaging X-ray absorption spectroscopy using optical detection methods. / Poolton, Nigel; Towlson, B. M.; Hamilton, B. et al.
In: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms, Vol. 246, No. 2, 01.05.2006, p. 445-451.

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