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7. Diffraction simulator

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Crystal Diffraction (Diffraction Simulator)

Crystal Diffraction simulates single-crystal X-ray and electron diffraction patterns.

Diffraction Simulator

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Main area

Operation Action
Left drag Rotate
Centre drag Translate
Right drag Zoom in
Right click Zoom out
Left double-click Spot details

File menu

File menu

Preset

Preset menu


Toolbar

Toolbar

Spots, Kikuchi lines, Debye rings, Scale, label options (Index/d/Distance/Excit.Err/|Fg|).


Monitor / Detector geometry

Monitor

Monitor

Misc

Misc

Detector geometry

Detector geometry


Tab menu

General

General tab

Kikuchi lines

Kikuchi tab

Toggle from toolbar; set threshold, colour, labels.

Debye rings

Debye tab

Scale

Scale tab


Spot property

Wave Length

Wave Length

X-ray (characteristic/synchrotron), Electron, Neutron. Set energy or wavelength.

Incident beam mode

Beam mode

Parallel, Precession (PED), Convergence (CBED)

Intensity calculation

Intensity

  • Only excitation error
  • Kinematical & excitation error
  • Dynamical theory (Bloch wave, electron only)

Appearance

Appearance

Solid sphere or Gaussian. Opacity, radius, brightness, colour scale.

Bloch wave parameters

Bethe parameters

Number of waves, sample thickness.

PED parameters

PED parameters

Semi-angle and step.


Detector geometry (detailed)

Detector geometry settings

Detector geometry settings

Detector area and overlapped image

Detector area

See Appendix A2. Detector Coordinate System.


Diffraction spot information

Detailed Bethe dynamical theory spot data with schematic.

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