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The Test_Mirrors Instrument

Unit test instrument to check that Mirrors are working

Identification

• Site: Tests_optics
• Author: Erik B Knudsen (erkn@fysik.dtu.dk)
• Origin: DTU Physics
• Date: Jul 16

Description

A mere unit test instrument. Also includes a perfectly flat Mirror as reference.
The choice of the Mirror to test is set with "index"
index=0: Mirror
index=1: Mirror_elliptic
index=2: Mirror_parabolic
index=3: Mirror_curved
index=4: Mirror_toroid
index=5: Multilayer_elliptic
index=6: Mirror_toroid_pothole (contrib)

Examples

(Test cases in bold)

• Test: Test_Mirrors.instr index=0 gamma=5 Detector: psd4_I=2e-08
• Test: Test_Mirrors.instr index=1 gamma=5 Detector: psd4_I=2e-08
• Test: Test_Mirrors.instr index=2 gamma=5 Detector: psd4_I=2e-08
• Test: Test_Mirrors.instr index=3 gamma=5 Detector: psd4_I=2e-08
• Test: Test_Mirrors.instr index=4 gamma=5 Detector: psd4_I=2e-08
• Test: Test_Mirrors.instr index=5 gamma=5 Detector: psd4_I=2e-08
• Test: Test_Mirrors.instr index=6 gamma=5 Detector: psd4_I=2e-08
• Test: Test_Mirrors.instr index=0 gamma=0.1 coating=Ref_W_Si.txt Detector: psd4_I=2e-08
• Test: Test_Mirrors.instr index=1 gamma=0.1 coating=Ref_W_Si.txt Detector: psd4_I=2e-08
• Test: Test_Mirrors.instr index=2 gamma=0.1 coating=Ref_W_Si.txt Detector: psd4_I=2e-08
• Test: Test_Mirrors.instr index=3 gamma=0.1 coating=Ref_W_Si.txt Detector: psd4_I=2e-08
• Test: Test_Mirrors.instr index=4 gamma=0.1 coating=Ref_W_Si.txt Detector: psd4_I=2e-08
• Test: Test_Mirrors.instr index=5 gamma=0.1 coating=Ref_W_Si.txt Detector: psd4_I=2e-08
• Test: Test_Mirrors.instr index=0 gamma=0.1 coating=Ref_W_B4C.txt Detector: psd4_I=2e-08
• Test: Test_Mirrors.instr index=1 gamma=0.1 coating=Ref_W_B4C.txt Detector: psd4_I=2e-08
• Test: Test_Mirrors.instr index=2 gamma=0.1 coating=Ref_W_B4C.txt Detector: psd4_I=2e-08
• Test: Test_Mirrors.instr index=3 gamma=0.1 coating=Ref_W_B4C.txt Detector: psd4_I=2e-08
• Test: Test_Mirrors.instr index=4 gamma=0.1 coating=Ref_W_B4C.txt Detector: psd4_I=2e-08
• Test: Test_Mirrors.instr index=5 gamma=0.1 coating=Ref_W_B4C.txt Detector: psd4_I=2e-08

Input parameters

Parameters in boldface are required; the others are optional.

Name	Unit	Description	Default
gamma	deg	Nominal glancing angle of mirror	5
index	1	Index of the Mirror component to test	1
L	m	Distance source-mirror and mirror-detector	2
radius	m	Radius of curvature	1000
E0	keV	Mean photon energy	12.5
coating	string	"None" or reflectivity file, such as "Ref_W_B4C.txt"	"NULL"

Links

• Source code for Test_Mirrors.instr.

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