A PGM beamline has been designed for the U49-2 undulator at BESSY-II in whi
ch the collimation by the preoptics is done in the dispersive and horizonta
l direction. The beamline is characterized by high flux, high brightness, h
igh spectral resolution (E/DeltaE>5000) over a wide spectral range of simil
ar to 70-1500 eV and a relatively small spot size of 70 um x 20 um (fwhm).
To achieve high spectral flux two interchangeable blazed gratings are used
in the monochromator. For this beamline a new drive mode has been derived i
n which almost constant spectral resolution can be maintained while driving
the monochromator on-blaze. This constant resolution is maintained even fo
r gratings with different line densities. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. Al
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