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Design and manufacture of mini-beam collimators for macromolecular crystallography at the GM/CA-CAT at APS

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 November 2010

S. Xu*
Affiliation:
Biosciences Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL 60439, USA
V. Nagarajan
Affiliation:
Biosciences Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL 60439, USA
R. F. Fischetti
Affiliation:
Biosciences Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL 60439, USA
*
Email address for correspondence: sxu@anl.gov
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Abstract

Since 2007, we have offered single collimators for mini beams of sizes 5, 10 and 20 µm as well as a 300 µm scatter-guard to accommodate the fully focused beam. The advantages of varying the beam size were obvious, better signal/background ratio and the capability to raster with a coarse, larger beam, then fine tune with one of the mini-beam options. The mini beams proved to be a technical and popular success; however, the switching of the single collimators often involved staff intervention. The single mini-beam collimators were the precursors to the development of a triple collimator. This implementation incorporated two mini-beam collimators and a 300 µm scatter-guard on one post. The design was improved by consolidation of fabrication from a single piece of molybdenum block. It significantly improved the robustness, ease of initial alignment, reduction of background and increased automation. However, experimenters were still left with a choice of either a (5, 10 and 300 µm)- or a (10, 20 and 300 µm)-triple collimator. Recently, a quad collimator was developed and fabricated to provide a selection of mini beams of 5, 10 and 20 µm and a 300 µm scatter-guard, on a single post. We will present the mechanical design of multi-collimators, results of measured beam flux through the collimator pinholes.

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Copyright © Diamond Light Source Ltd 2010

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