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Beamline Layout

The PolLux beamline has a toroidal Pt coated first mirror amd a monochromator with a choice of 300 l/mm Ni grating and a 600 l/mm Au grating. A higher order suppression mirror system has also been added between the grating chamber and the exit slits.
Layout of the PolLux beamline
Layout of the PolLux beamline
The PolLux beamline and its component optics are well described in the following publications:

Higher Order Suppressor (HOS) for the PolLux Microspectroscope Beamline at the Swiss Light Source SLS
U. Frommherz, J. Raabe, B. Watts, R. Stefani and U. Ellenberger
AIP Conf. Proc. 1234, 429-432 (2010). (pdf | doi:10.1063/1.3463232)

PolLux: A new facility for soft x-ray Spectromicroscopy at the Swiss Light Source
J. Raabe, G. Tzvetkov, U. Flechsig, M. Böge, A. Jaggi, B. Sarafimov, M.G.C. Vernooij, T. Huthwelker, H. Ade, D. Kilcoyne, T. Tyliszczak, R.H. Fink and C. Quitmann
Review of Scientific Instruments 79, 113704 (2008). (pdf | doi:10.1063/1.3021472)

The PolLux Microspectroscopy Beamline at the Swiss Light Source
U. Flechsig, C. Quitmann, J. Raabe, M. Böge, R. Fink and H. Ade
AIP Conf. Proc. 879, 505-508 (2006). (pdf | doi:10.1063/1.2436109)

Mechanical Design of a Spherical Grating Monochromator for the Microspectroscopy Beamline PolLux at the Swiss Light Source
S. Henein, U. Frommherz, R. Betemps, H. Kalt, U. Ellenberger, U. Flechsig and J. Raabe
AIP Conf. Proc. 879, 643 (2007). (pdf | doi:10.1063/1.2436143)

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