PGMweb: an online tool for visualizing the X-ray beam path through plane grating monochromators
We present here a newly developed software tool (called PGMweb) for computing and simulating the X-ray beam path through a plane grating monochromator (PGM), a key component in soft X-ray beamlines at modern synchrotron and free-electron laser facilities. A historical overview of the development of...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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International Union of Crystallography
2025-01-01
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| Series: | Journal of Synchrotron Radiation |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.iucr.org/paper?S1600577524011603 |
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| Summary: | We present here a newly developed software tool (called PGMweb) for computing and simulating the X-ray beam path through a plane grating monochromator (PGM), a key component in soft X-ray beamlines at modern synchrotron and free-electron laser facilities. A historical overview of the development of PGMs is presented, with special attention dedicated to the collimated PGM optical scheme found at several X-ray facilities worldwide. The analytical expressions that fully describe the geometry of a PGM are derived and have been implemented as functions in a Python library (pyplanemono). PGMweb is distributed as a web-based application that can be run in any modern browser without installation, making its use very straightforward for X-ray beamline designers and beamline scientists alike. |
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| ISSN: | 1600-5775 |