{"title":"Development of a novel single absorption grating based versatile multi-contrast imaging facility at the X-ray Imaging beamline, Indus-2.","authors":"Balwant Singh, Ashish K Agrawal, Yogesh Kashyap, Payal Singhai, Mayank Shukla","doi":"10.1063/5.0250945","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0250945","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A multi-contrast x-ray imaging facility with a single x-ray absorption grating is developed at the X-ray Imaging beamline (BL-04), Indus-2 synchrotron radiation source, India, and implemented in both monochromatic and white beam operation modes of the beamline for versatile utilization of this technique in structural characterization of a wide range of samples from soft biological to metallic, dense, and thick materials. The developed facility is characterized by resolution, visibility, and signal-to-noise ratio and tested for static and dynamic morphological analysis under different experimental conditions. The qualitative and quantitative analysis of extracted multi-contrast x-ray images of different samples demonstrates the relative merits of various experimental conditions. This unique multi-contrast facility with a single x-ray absorption grating that operates in dual modes of the X-ray Imaging beamline enables the study of both static and transient phenomena across a wide range of applications at the beamline.</p>","PeriodicalId":21111,"journal":{"name":"Review of Scientific Instruments","volume":"96 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144044721","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Development of a detection device for part per billion level sulfur dioxide concentration in the air.","authors":"Yunhan Zhang, Yadong Zhao, Jianshen Li","doi":"10.1063/5.0244496","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0244496","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>With the acceleration of China's urbanization process, the problem of environmental pollution is becoming more and more serious and has attracted more and more public attention. In industrial activities such as thermal power generation, the incomplete combustion of fossil fuels such as coal releases sulfur dioxide (SO2), causing harm to ecosystems. Due to the uneven development between regions in China, heavy industries such as thermal power generation will exist for a long time, which will lead to a long-term process of sulfur dioxide control. Therefore, there is an urgent need to develop a simple, accurate, and reliable SO2 concentration detection equipment in order to conduct grid monitoring and implement SO2 source control throughout the country. In addition, given the vast territory of China and the significant difference between the north and south environments, the equipment also needs to have good adaptability. In this paper, variational mode decomposition (VMD) and BP neural network are used to optimize the detection data, which effectively reduces the influence of electronic noise and temperature drift by about 66% and 12%, respectively, and significantly improves the accuracy and reliability of the detection equipment.</p>","PeriodicalId":21111,"journal":{"name":"Review of Scientific Instruments","volume":"96 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144045328","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jingxuan Zhang, Zhiyuan Wang, Qiang Wei, Jialu Chang, Qiyue Wu, Xiaoxu Chen, Wenhao Yuan, Ke Deng, Zehuang Lu, Jie Zhang
{"title":"An ultra-low vibration cryostat with split design.","authors":"Jingxuan Zhang, Zhiyuan Wang, Qiang Wei, Jialu Chang, Qiyue Wu, Xiaoxu Chen, Wenhao Yuan, Ke Deng, Zehuang Lu, Jie Zhang","doi":"10.1063/5.0254561","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0254561","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The development of cryogenic technology promotes frontier scientific discoveries, while the device performance is often limited by vibration of cryostats. We present the design and implementation of a split-type, ultra-low vibration cryostat using a pulse tube cryocooler. Methods of gas-liquid helium mixture damping, non-contact heat exchangers, soft connections, and vibration isolating foundation are used together to suppress vibration. These innovations reduce background vibrations at the sample area to 5 × 10-7 m/s2/Hz1/2 (7 × 10-9 m/Hz1/2) @ 1-10 Hz in all directions and effectively suppress vibration harmonics of the pulse tube frequency with a suppression ratio up to 23 dB. In addition, with a low heat leakage design, the 2.2 L large sample area can be cooled down to below 4 K in 36 h, and the temperature fluctuation is 0.03 mK under active control. The performance of ultra-low vibration and fast cooling of a large sample space to below 4 K is outstanding among the reported low-vibration cryostats, which meets the demands of advanced cryogenic applications.</p>","PeriodicalId":21111,"journal":{"name":"Review of Scientific Instruments","volume":"96 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144027561","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
E D S Courtney, M Pendharkar, N J Bittner, A L Sharpe, D Goldhaber-Gordon
{"title":"Automated tabletop exfoliation and identification of monolayer graphene flakes.","authors":"E D S Courtney, M Pendharkar, N J Bittner, A L Sharpe, D Goldhaber-Gordon","doi":"10.1063/5.0255656","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0255656","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Over the past two decades, graphene has been intensively studied because of its remarkable mechanical, optical, and electronic properties. Initial studies were enabled by manual \"Scotch Tape\" exfoliation; nearly two decades later, this method is still widely used to obtain chemically pristine flakes of graphene and other 2D van der Waals materials. Unfortunately, the yield of large, pristine flakes with uniform thickness is inconsistent. Thus, significant time and effort are required to exfoliate and locate flakes suitable for fabricating multilayer van der Waals heterostructures. Here, we describe a relatively affordable tabletop device (the \"eXfoliator\") that can reproducibly control key parameters and largely automate the exfoliation process. In a typical exfoliation run, the eXfoliator produces 3 or more large (≥400μm2) high-quality graphene monolayer flakes, allowing new users to produce such flakes at a rate comparable to manual exfoliation by an experienced user. We use an automated mapping system and a computer vision algorithm to locate candidate flakes. Our results provide a starting point for future research efforts to identify more precisely which parameters matter for the success of exfoliation and to optimize them.</p>","PeriodicalId":21111,"journal":{"name":"Review of Scientific Instruments","volume":"96 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144079895","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Chenglin Jia, Fanzheng Zeng, Quan Sun, Xiaoyu Xu, Kaixuan Chang, Feng Gao, Song Li, Chengwei Yuan
{"title":"Investigation on a low-impedance solid-state pulse forming line based on (Ba,Sr)TiO3 ceramics.","authors":"Chenglin Jia, Fanzheng Zeng, Quan Sun, Xiaoyu Xu, Kaixuan Chang, Feng Gao, Song Li, Chengwei Yuan","doi":"10.1063/5.0256990","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0256990","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Solid-state dielectric materials have been widely investigated as potential candidates in compact pulsed power systems. In this paper, (Ba,Sr)TiO3 (BST) ceramic, with high relative permittivity and high voltage tolerance, was employed as the pulse modulation dielectric of the pulse forming line (PFL). Specifically, the electrode structure of the BST ceramic-based PFL was designed in Ω-shape, which can efficiently improve the voltage strength of the PFL and increase the output pulse duration. Pulse transmission and modulation performance of the PFL were analyzed numerically. Based on that, the PFL was developed and experimentally studied in our laboratory. With a charging voltage of 24 kV, square-shaped pulses with a peak voltage of 12 kV, and a duration of 141 ns, approximately, were obtained on a matched load of 3 Ω. Dimension of the BST ceramic-based PFL is 174 × 84 × 10 mm3. The energy density of the PFL can successfully reach 11.7 J/L, which meets potential applications including compact and solid-state pulsed power systems.</p>","PeriodicalId":21111,"journal":{"name":"Review of Scientific Instruments","volume":"96 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144079901","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Xinyun Huang, Yi Hu, Wenchao Ji, Zhipeng Jia, Xiang Zhang, Dequan Kong, Xianqing Zhu, Ping Xu, Hanning Dai, Xiao Jiang
{"title":"Digital controlled analog servo with auto-lock for atomic, molecular, and optical experiments.","authors":"Xinyun Huang, Yi Hu, Wenchao Ji, Zhipeng Jia, Xiang Zhang, Dequan Kong, Xianqing Zhu, Ping Xu, Hanning Dai, Xiao Jiang","doi":"10.1063/5.0255399","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0255399","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>High-performance servo systems play a crucial role in Pound-Drever-Hall (PDH) locking for ultra-stable lasers. Meanwhile, the timing sequence of cold atom experiments demands greater functionality and flexibility. To address this, we have developed a digital control high-performance analog servo based on field programmable gate arrays (FPGA), which combines the low noise and high bandwidth characteristics of traditional analog servo systems with the advanced capabilities of FPGAs, featuring an input noise of 4.9 μV. The FPGA-implemented automatic locking feature enables the PDH control loop to maintain its lock for prolonged periods in unattended environments. In addition, the dynamic hold functionality permits real-time synchronization with the timing of atomic experiments. We also conduct a detailed analysis of the digital noise introduced by the FPGA within the analog channel and propose a method to mitigate its impact by disabling the FPGA clock.</p>","PeriodicalId":21111,"journal":{"name":"Review of Scientific Instruments","volume":"96 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144018614","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Fabrication and mounting of near-critical silicone gels for mechanical testing of colloidal solids.","authors":"J Zsolt Terdik, David A Weitz, Frans Spaepen","doi":"10.1063/5.0196028","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0196028","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We describe a shear cell and associated sample preparation methods to be used to measure mPa-scale shear stresses using a confocal microscope. The shear cell can be mounted on an inverted confocal microscope that is used to image the deformation of a calibrated polymer gel with embedded tracers, from which the shear stress is determined. The gels have shear moduli G ∼ 1-10 Pa, which, when combined with the high strain resolution afforded by single-particle locating of the embedded tracers, are sufficiently compliant to measure mPa stresses. While these exceptionally compliant gels are necessary to achieve mPa stress resolution, they are easily deformed by surface tension, leading to several technical challenges with their fabrication and functionalization. To overcome these challenges, a fabrication technique using sacrificial molds is described, alongside processing steps to functionalize the gels without distorting the surface. While the apparatus presented is designed specifically for simple shear deformation of soft solids, the processing and fabrication techniques can be employed to mold and fabricate compliant gels in other geometries.</p>","PeriodicalId":21111,"journal":{"name":"Review of Scientific Instruments","volume":"96 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144019170","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Design of a 10 GHz TE01-TE11 mode converter using new structure coaxial-parallel method.","authors":"Ling Gu, Jianwei Liu, Zongzheng Sun, Xingjian Niu","doi":"10.1063/5.0246541","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0246541","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In a cyclotron system, the output mode is typically the TE0n mode. However, this mode cannot be transmitted over long distances and energy is easily dissipated. It is usually converted to Gaussian mode HE11 through mode conversion for long-distance transmission and application. For circular waveguide TE01-TE11 mode converters, the usual method is to use trigonometric function curves or iterative methods, but these two methods cannot effectively ensure that the input and output are on the same horizontal line. In some specific circumstances, the effectiveness of using these methods will be restricted. The coaxial-parallel mode converter can be effectively designed by researching a new B-spline curve method. Combined with coupled wave equation theory and B-spline curve theory, a working frequency of 10 GHz can be obtained through program design and calculation. For a mode converter with a waveguide radius of 25 mm, the simulation calculation has a conversion efficiency of 99.485%, with the input and output strictly aligned along the same horizontal line.</p>","PeriodicalId":21111,"journal":{"name":"Review of Scientific Instruments","volume":"96 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144014805","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Dual-frame interferometry with enhanced single-shot sensitivity using PIV equipment.","authors":"D Kaganovich, A Beresnyak","doi":"10.1063/5.0264585","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0264585","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A novel dual-frame interferometry technique was demonstrated and tested. The technique utilizes hardware typically used in particle image velocimetry measurements and demonstrates unprecedented single-shot sensitivity in noisy backgrounds. The phase extracted from the interferometry carried a systematic error, and a correction procedure was provided.</p>","PeriodicalId":21111,"journal":{"name":"Review of Scientific Instruments","volume":"96 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144021367","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nathan P Brown, Tommy Ao, Marcus D Knudson, Daniel H Dolan, J Matthew D Lane
{"title":"Genetic algorithm-based geometry calibration for dynamic compression x-ray diffraction experiments.","authors":"Nathan P Brown, Tommy Ao, Marcus D Knudson, Daniel H Dolan, J Matthew D Lane","doi":"10.1063/5.0267671","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0267671","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>An important component of dynamic compression x-ray diffraction (XRD) experiment analysis is geometry calibration: proper data interpretation requires knowledge of the precise detector position and orientation and, if the experiment involves a single-crystal sample, knowledge of the lattice orientation. The determination of these parameters in the arbitrary three-dimensional (3D) scattering geometries often present in dynamic compression facilities is challenging, as the associated optimization problem can be highly nonlinear, nonsmooth, and discontinuous. We present a genetic algorithm-based approach for performing dynamic compression XRD calibrations that overcomes these obstacles. We provide details regarding the image processing, algorithm implementation, and open-source software deployment and demonstrate the capability of the approach to calibrate the detector and crystal parameters in 3D geometries. Notably, we demonstrate the solver's capacity to find the crystal orientation without a priori rotation constraints.</p>","PeriodicalId":21111,"journal":{"name":"Review of Scientific Instruments","volume":"96 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144029163","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}