Component Manual for the Neutron Ray-Tracing Package McStas, version 3.8.6

14.51  The Monochromator_2foc McStas Component

Double bent monochromator with multiple slabs

Identification

Description

Double bent monochromator which uses a small-mosaicity approximation as well as the approximation vy^2 << vz^2 + vx^2. Second order scattering is neglected. For an unrotated monochromator component, the crystal plane lies in the y-z plane (ie. parallel to the beam). When curvatures are set to 0, the monochromator is flat. The curvatures approximation for parallel beam focusing to distance L, with monochromator rotation angle A1 are: RV = 2*L*sin(DEG2RAD*A1); RH = 2*L/sin(DEG2RAD*A1);

Example: Monochromator_2foc(zwidth=0.02, yheight=0.02, gap=0.0005, NH=11, NV=11,

mosaich=30, mosaicv=30, r0=0.7, Q=1.8734)

Example values for lattice parameters

PG       002 DM=3.355 AA (Highly Oriented Pyrolytic Graphite)
PG       004 DM=1.607 AA

Heusler 111 DM=3.362 Å (Cu2MnAl)

CoFe         DM=1.771 AA (Co0.92Fe0.08)b
Ge       311 DM=1.714 AA
Si       111 DM=3.135 AA
Cu       111 DM=2.087 AA
Cu       002 DM=1.807 AA
Cu       220 DM=1.278 AA
Cu       111 DM=2.095 AA

Input parameters

Parameters in boldface are required; the others are optional.

Name

Unit

Description

Default

reflect

k, R

reflectivity file name of text file as 2 columns

0

zwidth

m

horizontal width of an individual slab

0.01

yheight

m

vertical height of an individual slab

0.01

gap

m

typical gap between adjacent slabs

0.0005

NH

columns

number of slabs horizontal

11

NV

rows

number of slabs vertical

11

mosaich

arcmin

Horisontal mosaic FWHM

30.0

mosaicv

arcmin

Vertical mosaic FWHM

30.0

r0

1

Maximum reflectivity

0.7

Q

Å\(^{-1}\)

Scattering vector

1.8734

RV

m

radius of vertical focussing, flat for 0

0

RH

m

radius of horizontal focussing, flat for 0

0

DM

Å

monochromator d-spacing instead of Q=2*pi/DM

0

mosaic

arcmin

sets mosaich=mosaicv

0

width

m

total width of monochromator

0

height

m

total height of monochromator

0

verbose

0/1

verbosity level

0

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