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Entry   other, posted by Chan Kim on 25 Nov 2023, 19:56 Screenshot_from_2023-11-25_19-54-18.png
Beam drift in the horizontal direction (XTD9_XGM).

From ~16:00, X-ray beam started to drift in the horizontal direction. In total, ~0.3 mm drift observed within 2-3 hours.

 
Entry   night shift summary, 22.10.2023, posted by Laurent, Phuong on 22 Oct 2023, 07:34 

Night shift summary 22.10.2023

Laurent, Phuong
Achievement:
-Collecting static RIXS data at different FEL repitition rates
Entry   night shift summary and end of beamtime, posted by Andreas, Martin on 24 Apr 2023, 15:16 
achievements:

- finished SAXS data recording till 8am on time-resolved skyrmion nucleation and field dependence

- the setup is sensitive to beam transport drifts due to the closed hor-SLIT and the pinhole in FFT. were able to recover beam intensity by simple
Entry   night shift summary and end of beamtime, posted by Andreas, Martin on 24 Apr 2023, 15:16 
achievements:

- finished SAXS data recording till 8am on time-resolved skyrmion nucleation and field dependence

- the setup is sensitive to beam transport drifts due to the closed hor-SLIT and the pinhole in FFT. were able to recover beam intensity by simple
Entry   night shift summary, posted by Giuseppe Mercurio on 06 May 2023, 06:53 
achievements:

- measured delay scans at sample tilted by 20 degree

problems:
Entry   night shift summary, posted by Giuseppe Mercurio on 06 May 2023, 06:53 
achievements:

- measured delay scans at sample tilted by 20 degree

problems:
Entry   night shift summary, posted by Giuseppe Mercurio, Teguh Asmara on 04 Aug 2023, 07:10 
achievements:


changed the LEPM to optimize resolution
found 140 meV


problems:


were not able to recover settings found because it is difficult to reproduce LEPM positions


plan:
Entry   night shift summary, posted by Andreas Scherz / Eugenio Paris on 26 Oct 2023, 07:13 
Night shift summary

Achievements:
- Recovered time0 on SiN (time0 moved >20ps after FEL beam loss in the evening)
Entry   morning shift summary, posted by Natalia, Zhong on 05 Feb 2023, 12:32 
achievements:
- Viking spectrometer set up in 8th order around 1280eV and calibrated

problems:
Entry   morning shift summary, posted by Benjamin, Nahid, Raphael, Philippe, Victoria, Timo on 15 Mar 2023, 17:01 
Achievements


Found RIXS signal from liquid jet
Measured static RIXS and PFY-XAS spectrum of Co(cp)(CO)2


Problems


hRIXS detector has a data latency issue and images were not being recorded in the DAQ. This required ~2-3 hours to solve plus time lost
Entry   morning shift summary, posted by Loic Le Guyader on 04 May 2023, 14:34 
achievements


we change the DSSC timing to record the first pulse
sample was getting damaged with 26mJ/cm2 and scattering of the sample
was changed so we used lower fluence to observe t0 on the sample
changed to 2nd mono order, 20% GATT transmission and exit slit to 0.3 mm. The
Entry   morning shift summary, posted by Giuseppe Mercurio on 05 May 2023, 14:56 
achievements


with help from LAS OCD, we got the PPL synchronized again with optical lock and close to the initial t0 on the sample
we found
t0 on the sample again
collected data with magnetic field
initial setup of damnit/amore for semi-automatized data processing


problems
Entry   morning shift summary, posted by Giuseppe Mercurio on 06 May 2023, 14:42 
achievements


finished recording dataset at 20degree
changed for sample with smaller grains at normal incidence and moved DSSC to 1.2m
OL
induced some change of the sample but the scattering ring remains and then stabilize
started collecting data


problems
Entry   morning shift summary, posted by Giuseppe Mercurio on 07 May 2023, 14:47 
achievements


exchanged He dewar and managed to cool down the sample again after vacuum issue last night
started collecting additional scattering
data with alternating magnetic field on large nanoparticles sample


problems
Entry   moning shift summary, posted by Nahid, Ben on 19 Mar 2023, 15:03 
Achievements:


measured the new sample, Silane, with different time delays


Problems


Tuning of SASE2 led to a 50% decrease in the SCS XGM intensity without affecting the SASE3 intensity. It also caused a jump in the BAM
Entry   late shift summary 2nd day, posted by Luigi, Laurent on 15 Feb 2023, 23:05 
Achievememts:


optimised the beam rep rate to value of 140KHz for a better signal 
changed nozzles and refilled the reservoir
Improved
notebook for data analysis
Cammille made an online tool to see correlations between Viking and XGM --> very useful!


Night
Entry   late shift summary, posted by Laurent Mercadier, Luigi Adriano on 17 Feb 2023, 02:24 
2 color mode

Achievements


Fluence scan
delay scan to identify cross talk of two colors
Optimized beam size


 
Entry   late shift summary, posted by bouffetier on 19 Feb 2023, 19:51 
19 Feb 2023,15:30 Shift handover

Runs will be added in the general Elog for data runs and acqusitions (Elog-4)
Entry   late shift summary, posted by Giuseppe Mercurio and Sergii on 02 Mar 2023, 22:58 
achievements:


knife edge scans of OL to find lens position corresponding to the smallest beam size
knife edge scans of FEL to determine
the position to proceed for spatial overlap
liquid jet was set up and it's running since afternoon
measured x-ray absortion via
Entry   late shift summary, posted by Sergii, Andreas on 04 Mar 2023, 23:04 
Achievements:

- we replaced broken SMA cable, and added an angle-connector at sample holder to aid the sample rotation when moving diagnostics to the flat
jet
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