SuperADAM (CRG) - ADvanced reflectometer for the Analysis of Materials

A fully redesigned version of the CRG reflectometer ADAM, a angle dispersive wavelength machine. The new instrument will have a higher flux, a new detector and a high flux option and a lower flux option but with an improved Q resolution. It will offers unique possibilities especially for measurements on magnetic samples due to the flexibility of the set-up.

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Characteristics

Characteristics

Guide hall n°2, cold guide H53

horizontal scattering geometry

0 Å-1 < Q < 2.1 Å-1

monochromator

type

PG (002), (vertically focussing in future)

GIC, vertically focussing (low res. opt.)

wavelength λ

4.41 Å

resolution

Δλ/λ = 0.006

0.05 (low res. opt.)

λ/2, λ/3... filter (removable)

Bragg, Supermirror

cooled Be (low res. opt.)

Collimation

horizontal: pair of slits ~ 2 m apart

~ 3 m apart (low res. opt.)

0.01 - 17 mrad

0.007 - 13 mrad (low res. opt.)

monochromator-to-sample-distance

3168 mm

4604 mm (low res. opt.)

Sample

flux

~2 x 104 n cm-2 s-1 (currently)

~1 x 107 n cm-2 s-1 (low res. opt.)

orientation

vertical

Sample - environment

magnetic field

up to 1.2 T (electromagnet)

up to 7 T (cryomagnet on request)

Detectors

3He detector

distance to sample

~ 2 m

background

~ 1 count per minute

2 dim. position sensitive detector

  active area

28 x 28 cm2

  efficiency

68% at 4.4 Å

  resolution

2 x 3 mm2 FWHM

Polarisation and polarisation analysis

polarisers

double bouncing Bragg multilayer or supermirror

efficiency

96% (currently), 99% (expected)

180º spin-flippers

precession coil

The reflectometer SuperADAM is an angle dispersive fixed wavelength machine which will offer two operation modes. A high flux option with a focussing intercalated graphite monochromator and a high resolution mode with a focussing pyrolytic graphite monochromator. The high flux option will be available in June 2010. An optional polarization and polarization analysis setup can be used for studies of magnetic layered systems. A two dimensional position sensitive detector allows time efficient collection of off-specular data. With a maximum scattering angle of about 95° of the detector arm Q-values up to 2.1 Å-1 can be reached for complementary measurements probing small length scales.

Specialised sample environment can be provided including a cryo-furnace and an electromagnet or cryomagnet.

Being a CRG-B instrument, 30% of the beamtime are made available via the standard ILL proposal scheme.

SuperADAM is operated by the Institut für Experimentalphysik/Festkörperphysik of the Ruhr-Universität Bochum headed by Prof. Dr. Hartmut Zabel, and by the Devision for Material Physics of the Uppsala University headed by Prof. Dr. Björgvin Hjörvarsson and Prof. Dr. Adrian Rennie.
Since ADAM is co-funded by the German BMBF additional beamtime is made available to the German community within the 'Verbundforschung'.