Wave-optics simulation software for synchrotron radiation from 4th generation storage rings based on a coherent modes model

Abstract

The evolution from 3rd to 4th generation of storage rings significantly enhanced the coherence of synchrotron radiation sources, making coherent scattering techniques such as coherent X-ray diffraction imaging (CXDI) and X-ray photon correlation spectroscopy more accessible. In conformance with the design requirements of coherent beamlines at the High Energy Photon Source (HEPS), we have developed wave optics simulation software, the Coherence Analysis Toolbox, based on coherent modes decomposition and a wavefront propagation model. Simulations of beamline performance and a CXDI experiment on the hard X-ray coherent scattering beamline at HEPS were carried out. This software is open source and now available on GitHub.