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McStas: Reflectometer

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The Reflectometer Instrument

Simple reflectometer with two slits, a sample (either none, mirror or multilayer), and a detector. For use in the OMIC summer school 2012.

Identification

  • Site: e
  • Author: Pia Jensen (bozack@bozack.dk)
  • Origin: Niels Bohr Instute, University of Copenhagen
  • Date: 13.08.2012

Description

This simple reflectometer consists of a source (using the standard PSI parameters
for three Maxwellian distributions), on which the user can control the bandwidth
by simply choosing a minumum and maximum value. Two slits handle the divergence
distribution on the sample. The sample itself can either be an empty spot, a simple
mirror, or a multilayer. A simple PSD detector is used for detecting the scattered
beam. The scattering is in the horizontal plane.

Example: mcrun reflectometer.instr 

Input parameters

Parameters in boldface are required; the others are optional.
NameUnitDescriptionDefault
lambda_minAAMinimum wavelength from source5.3
lambda_maxAAMaximum wavelength from source5.45
slittranslationmTranslation of slit (horizontal)0
sampletranslationmSample translation (horizontal)0
slitwidthmWidth of slit pinholes0.001
slitheightmHeight of slit pinholes0.002
dist_source2slitmDistance between source and first slit1
dist_slit2slitmDistance between slits3.2
dist_slit2samplemDistance between second slit and sample0.18
dist_sample2detectormDistance between sample and detector2
sampletype1Sample type: 0 none, 1 mirror, 2+ multilayer1
samplesizemSide-length of the (quadratic) sample plate0.15
substratethicknessmThickness of the substrate0.003
MR_QcAACritical Q-vector length of mirror sample0.15
sampleangledegRotation angle of sample (theta)2.5
detectorangledegRotation angle of detector (2 theta)5

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