Grazing incidence diffraction geometry. The angle of incidence, α, is close to the critical angle for the sample. The beam is diffracted in the plane of the surface of the sample by the angle 2θ, and often also out of the plane.
Grazing incidence diffraction (GID) is a technique for interrogating a material using small
incidence angles for an incoming wave, often leading to the
diffraction being surface sensitive. It occurs in many different areas:
^Feidenhans'l, R. (1989). "Surface structure determination by X-ray diffraction". Surface Science Reports. 10 (3). Elsevier BV: 105–188.
doi:
10.1016/0167-5729(89)90002-2.
ISSN0167-5729.
^B. W. Batterman and H. Cole (1964). "Dynamical Diffraction of X Rays by Perfect Crystals". Reviews of Modern Physics. 36 (3): 681.
doi:
10.1103/RevModPhys.36.681.
^Levine, J. R.; Cohen, J. B.; Chung, Y. W.; Georgopoulos, P. (1989-12-01). "Grazing-incidence small-angle X-ray scattering: new tool for studying thin film growth". Journal of Applied Crystallography. 22 (6). International Union of Crystallography (IUCr): 528–532.
doi:
10.1107/s002188988900717x.
ISSN0021-8898.
^J. Als-Nielsen, D. McMorrow, Elements of Modern X-Ray Physics, Wiley, New York, (2001).
^J. Daillant, A. Gibaud, X-Ray and Neutron Reflectivity: Principles and Applications. Springer, (1999).
^M. Tolan, X-Ray Scattering from Soft-Matter Thin Films, Springer, (1999).
Grazing incidence diffraction geometry. The angle of incidence, α, is close to the critical angle for the sample. The beam is diffracted in the plane of the surface of the sample by the angle 2θ, and often also out of the plane.
Grazing incidence diffraction (GID) is a technique for interrogating a material using small
incidence angles for an incoming wave, often leading to the
diffraction being surface sensitive. It occurs in many different areas:
^Feidenhans'l, R. (1989). "Surface structure determination by X-ray diffraction". Surface Science Reports. 10 (3). Elsevier BV: 105–188.
doi:
10.1016/0167-5729(89)90002-2.
ISSN0167-5729.
^B. W. Batterman and H. Cole (1964). "Dynamical Diffraction of X Rays by Perfect Crystals". Reviews of Modern Physics. 36 (3): 681.
doi:
10.1103/RevModPhys.36.681.
^Levine, J. R.; Cohen, J. B.; Chung, Y. W.; Georgopoulos, P. (1989-12-01). "Grazing-incidence small-angle X-ray scattering: new tool for studying thin film growth". Journal of Applied Crystallography. 22 (6). International Union of Crystallography (IUCr): 528–532.
doi:
10.1107/s002188988900717x.
ISSN0021-8898.
^J. Als-Nielsen, D. McMorrow, Elements of Modern X-Ray Physics, Wiley, New York, (2001).
^J. Daillant, A. Gibaud, X-Ray and Neutron Reflectivity: Principles and Applications. Springer, (1999).
^M. Tolan, X-Ray Scattering from Soft-Matter Thin Films, Springer, (1999).