Dynamic adaptive X-ray optics. Part I. Time-resolved optical metrology investigation of the bending behaviour of piezoelectric bimorph deformable X-ray mirrors.

Autor: Alcock SG; Diamond Light Source, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot, Oxfordshire OX11 0DE, UK., Nistea IT; Diamond Light Source, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot, Oxfordshire OX11 0DE, UK., Signorato R; S.RI. Tech s.r.l.s, Viale del Lavoro 42A, 35010 Vigonza, Padova, Italy., Sawhney K; Diamond Light Source, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot, Oxfordshire OX11 0DE, UK.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of synchrotron radiation [J Synchrotron Radiat] 2019 Jan 01; Vol. 26 (Pt 1), pp. 36-44. Date of Electronic Publication: 2019 Jan 01.
DOI: 10.1107/S1600577518015953
Abstrakt: Piezoelectric bimorph deformable mirrors (`bimorphs') are routinely used on many synchrotron and free-electron laser beamlines to provide active variation in the size and shape of the X-ray beam. However, the time-domain potential of such optics has never been fully exploited. For the first time, the fast dynamic bending response of bimorphs is investigated here using Fizeau interferometry. Automated scripts for acquisition and analysis were developed to collect Fizeau data at a rate of 0.1 Hz to record dynamic changes in the optical surface as voltages were applied to the electrodes of the piezoelectric actuators. It is demonstrated that residual drift in the tangential radius of curvature of a bimorph can be significantly reduced using enhanced opto-mechanical holders and a fast programmable high-voltage power supply. Further improvements are achieved by applying small opposing voltages to compensate for piezoelectric creep. The present study shows that bimorphs can truly be used as high-speed adaptive optics for the X-ray domain, even without closed-loop feedback correction. This opens the possibility for relatively simple real-time tuning of the profile of X-ray bimorphs. Part II of this study [Alcock, Nistea, Signorato, Owen, Axford, Sutter, Foster & Sawhney (2019), J. Synchrotron Rad. 26, 45-51] builds upon these results and demonstrates how bimorphs can rapidly provide customisable sizes and shapes of synchrotron X-ray beams, specifically tailored to suit the experimental samples being investigated.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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