We present here the feature of the diamond double-crystal monochromator in
Bragg geometry installed on a standard undulator beamline at SPring-8. The
crystal was manufactured by Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., whose size
was 8.6 mm (w) x 3.5 mm. (l) x 0.35 mm. (t) for the first crystal and 10 mm
. (w) x 4.7 mm (l) x 0.39 mm (t) for the second. The feature of the monochr
omator was tested by rocking curve measurements as a function of the total
power and of the energy that impinged on the crystal. As a result, no signi
ficant increase of the full-width at half-maximum was observed up to a tota
l power of 330 W on the first crystal. We discuss the experimental results
with the comparison to the calculated FWHM with use of the beamline paramet
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