QUAD - QUAntitative Diffraction
A software toolbox for x-ray dynamical diffraction for strained crystals
About
QUAD is a scientific software to calculate the x-ray scattering of light of strained crystals by solving the Maxwell-equations exactly. Because of it's general approach it is capable to simulate a lot of x-ray techniques including powder diffraction, Laue scattering, x-ray absorption XAS, x-ray reflectivity, x-ray diffraction, multiple diffraction. Its strength is especially in the soft x-ray regime where dynamical effects can be very important.
Features
Stable and fast algorithm for simulation of light-scattering within strained crystals.
Full treatment of absorption, multiple scattering and multiple diffraction
Script language interface (LUA) for maximum flexibility
Parallelized algorithms for best performance
Variable light polarizations and polarization filters
Different interface roughness models
Processing of optical-constant databases
Choose accuracy of the algorithm from kinematical approximation to a full dynamical approach
Fitting routines for measurement data
10 Tutorials
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