We have developed a helium gas flow cryostat for use on synchrotron tender to hard X-ray beamlines. Very efficient sample cooling is achieved because the sample is placed directly in the cooling helium flow on a removable sample holder. The cryostat is compact and easy to operate; samples can be changed in less than 5 min at any temperature. The cryostat has a temperature range of 2.5–325 K with temperature stability better than 0.1 K. The very wide optical angle and the ability to operate in any orientation mean that the cryostat can easily be adapted for different X-ray techniques. It is already in use on different beamlines at the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF), ALBA Synchrotron Light Facility (ALBA), and Diamond Light Source (DLS) for inelastic X-ray scattering, powder diffraction, and X-ray absorption spectroscopy. Results obtained at these beamlines are presented here.
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November 08 2016
A compact and versatile dynamic flow cryostat for photon science Available to Purchase
Peter J. E. M. van der Linden
Matteo Rossi
François Fauth
Edmundo Fraga
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Rev. Sci. Instrum. 87, 115103 (2016)
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Received:
June 07 2016
Accepted:
October 10 2016
Citation
Peter J. E. M. van der LindenMarco Moretti SalaChristian HenriquetMatteo RossiKenya OhgushiFrançois FauthLaura SimonelliCarlo MariniEdmundo FragaClaire MurrayJonathan PotterMichael Krisch; A compact and versatile dynamic flow cryostat for photon science. Rev. Sci. Instrum. 1 November 2016; 87 (11): 115103. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4966270
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