| Author(s): |
Uwe Arp; Charles W. Clark; Lu Deng; Nadir S. Faradzhev; Alex P. Farrell; Mitchell L. Furst; Steven Grantham; Edward W. Hagley; Shannon B. Hill; Thomas B. Lucatorto; Ping-Shine Shaw; Charles S. Tarrio; Robert E. Vest; |
| Title: |
SURF III: A flexible Synchrotron Radiation Source for Radiometry and Research |
| Published: |
September 01, 2011 |
| Abstract: |
The calculability of synchrotron radiation (SR) makes electron storage rings wonderful light sources for radiometry. The broadband nature of SR allows coverage of the whole spectral region from the x-ray to the far-infrared. Compact low-energy storage rings like SURF III are perfect sources for radiometric applications, because the output spectrum can be custom-tailored to the user’s needs: Low current operations can simulate the solar spectrum, changes to the electron energy can deal with higher-order contributions of spectrometers and monochromators, and manipulation of the source size increases the lifetime or change the radiation density. At multi-user facilities these special operational conditions are generally not possible, since many users have to be satisfied simultaneously. NIST maintains at SURF one of the best SR-based calibration programs in the world: Standard lamp calibrations, detector calibrations, and measurements of optical properties are routinely performed at SURF with great reliability and accuracy. |
| Conference: |
The 16th Pan-American Synchrotron Radiation Instrumentation Conference |
| Proceedings: |
Proceedings of the SRI 2010 |
| Pages: |
3 pp. |
| Location: |
Chicago, IL |
| Dates: |
September 21-24, 2010 |
| Keywords: |
calibration; radiometry; space instrumentation; vacuum ultraviolet |
| Research Areas: |
Physics, Atomic Physics |
| PDF version: |
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