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AMOR -

the apparatus for multi option reflectometry


Data analysis:

At current data collected by the single tube detector is stored in standard ASCII files for standard scans and in HDF NEXUS format for time of flight measurements. A viewer for HDF NEXUS files can be downloaded. Further analysis of the raw data is performed individually with standard software tools, usually within the Origin software package.

General calculation of the reflectivity curve is done according to .
Here the ratio of the background subtracted reflected intensity and the background subtracted direct beam normalised to the same measurement time gives the reflectivity which is multiplied with the factor of the illuminated sample area to normalize the reflectivity to 1.

For simulation of standard reflectivity curves the program package Parratt32 can be recommended. It can be downloaded from the webpage at HMI .


Last revision : July 18, 2003 by Thomas Gutberlet