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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| author | Patrick Yuheng Wang Murilo Bazan da Silva Matthew Hand Hongchang Wang Peter Chang Victoria Beilsten-Edmands Timur K. Kim Tien-Lin Lee Kawal Sawhney Andrew C. Walters |
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| description | 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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| spelling | doaj-art-41a1cd90f64c48459cd3cfd4ec06eef92025-01-07T14:26:38ZengInternational Union of CrystallographyJournal of Synchrotron Radiation1600-57752025-01-0132126126810.1107/S1600577524011603tv5072PGMweb: an online tool for visualizing the X-ray beam path through plane grating monochromatorsPatrick Yuheng Wang0Murilo Bazan da Silva1Matthew Hand2Hongchang Wang3Peter Chang4Victoria Beilsten-Edmands5Timur K. Kim6Tien-Lin Lee7Kawal Sawhney8Andrew C. Walters9Diamond Light Source, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot, Oxfordshire OX11 0DE, United KingdomDiamond Light Source, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot, Oxfordshire OX11 0DE, United KingdomDiamond Light Source, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot, Oxfordshire OX11 0DE, United KingdomDiamond Light Source, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot, Oxfordshire OX11 0DE, United KingdomDiamond Light Source, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot, Oxfordshire OX11 0DE, United KingdomDiamond Light Source, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot, Oxfordshire OX11 0DE, United KingdomDiamond Light Source, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot, Oxfordshire OX11 0DE, United KingdomDiamond Light Source, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot, Oxfordshire OX11 0DE, United KingdomDiamond Light Source, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot, Oxfordshire OX11 0DE, United KingdomDiamond Light Source, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot, Oxfordshire OX11 0DE, United KingdomWe 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.https://journals.iucr.org/paper?S1600577524011603monochromatorplane gratingsoft x-rays |
| spellingShingle | Patrick Yuheng Wang Murilo Bazan da Silva Matthew Hand Hongchang Wang Peter Chang Victoria Beilsten-Edmands Timur K. Kim Tien-Lin Lee Kawal Sawhney Andrew C. Walters PGMweb: an online tool for visualizing the X-ray beam path through plane grating monochromators Journal of Synchrotron Radiation monochromator plane grating soft x-rays |
| title | PGMweb: an online tool for visualizing the X-ray beam path through plane grating monochromators |
| title_full | PGMweb: an online tool for visualizing the X-ray beam path through plane grating monochromators |
| title_fullStr | PGMweb: an online tool for visualizing the X-ray beam path through plane grating monochromators |
| title_full_unstemmed | PGMweb: an online tool for visualizing the X-ray beam path through plane grating monochromators |
| title_short | PGMweb: an online tool for visualizing the X-ray beam path through plane grating monochromators |
| title_sort | pgmweb an online tool for visualizing the x ray beam path through plane grating monochromators |
| topic | monochromator plane grating soft x-rays |
| url | https://journals.iucr.org/paper?S1600577524011603 |
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