Single-crystal diffractometer coupled with double-sided laser heating system at the Extreme Conditions Beamline P02.2 at PETRAIII

Elena Bykova; Georgios Aprilis; Maxim Bykov; Konstantin Glazyrin; Mario Wendt; Sergej Wenz; Hanns-Peter Liermann; Jan Torben Roeh; Anita Ehnes; Natalia Dubrovinskaia; Leonid Dubrovinsky

doi:10.1063/1.5108881

Single-crystal diffractometer coupled with double-sided laser heating system at the Extreme Conditions Beamline P02.2 at PETRAIII

Rev Sci Instrum. 2019 Jul;90(7):073907. doi: 10.1063/1.5108881.

Affiliations

¹ Photon Science, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), Notkestrasse 85, Hamburg 22607, Germany.
² Material Physics and Technology at Extreme Conditions, Laboratory of Crystallography, University of Bayreuth, Universitaetsstrasse 30, Bayreuth 95440, Germany.
³ Bavarian Research Institute of Experimental Geochemistry and Geophysics, University of Bayreuth, Universitaetsstrasse 30, Bayreuth 95440, Germany.
⁴ Sample Environment and Extreme Conditions Science Infrastructure (ECSI), Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), Notkestrasse 85, Hamburg 22607, Germany.

PMID: 31370445
DOI: 10.1063/1.5108881

Abstract

Combination of in situ laser heating with single-crystal X-ray diffraction (scXRD) in diamond anvil cells (DACs) provides a tool to study crystal structures and/or chemistry of materials at simultaneous high pressures and high temperatures. Here, we describe the first dedicated single-crystal X-ray diffractometer coupled with double-sided laser heating (dsLH) system. The scXRD/dsLH setup was developed for the P02.2 Extreme Conditions Beamline at PETRA III and became available for general users in 2017. It enables the collection of reliable scXRD data at simultaneous high pressure and high temperature. We demonstrate the performance of the setup on example of studies of iron and chromium nitrides.