List of Figures

1. STXM schematics
2. The SM_GUI main window
3. The SM_GUI scan parameter window
4. VLM illuminator and electronics
5. VLM view
6. Detector limit adjustment
7. Stack Setup widget
8. Shim pieces for the wetcell.
9. The wetcell disassembled (left) and assembled (right).
10. VLM reflected light image (5$\times$) of the assembled wetcell with a drop of liquid on it.
11. VLM image (5 $\times$) of the wetcell hydrated, but not yet squished thin.
12. VLM image (5$\times$ at left, 40$\times$ at right) of a clay/polymer aggregate in a 1 $\mu$m thick water layer. Photo by U. Neuhäusler.
13. The popup window which lets you choose the program mode and options.
14. The SM_GUI Graphical User Interface
15. SM_GUI with a spectrum displayed
16. Histogram display in SM_GUI
17. The popup window to change the x-ray energy
18. Scan summary printed from SM_GUI
19. Printer setup dialog on Windows Computers
20. Printer setup dialog on Unix computers
21. The scan parameters popup window
22. The popup window to display the sm_par structure
23. The SM_GUI file browser
24. Edit Alignment window.
25. The popup window to align and focus the sample with the VLM
26. The popup window to move the piezo devices
27. The popup window to chose the colortable
28. The Image Processing popup window
29. The Pointlist Editor
30. The statistics window
31. Monochromator calibration
32. The window which lets you set some file reading parameters for APS data files
33. The window to set up a scan
34. The window to choose which detector channels to record in a scan
35. The Scan Progress window
36. The window to save a scan
37. The 3-dimensional STXM 5 dataset
38. Quantum efficiency of the silicon detector chip [2]
39. The exit window as viewed by the VLM.
40. The snout
41. A zone plate as viewed by the VLM.
42. OSA mount
43. Move window in the XPS web interface