ISIS Virtual Reflectivity Training Course

Contribution List

24. Welcome and introduction

Luke Clifton (STFC), Dr Maximilian Skoda (STFC)

23/04/2026, 09:00

Morning Session

1. Lecture 1: Introduction to reflectometry

Luke Clifton (STFC)

23/04/2026, 09:15

Morning Session

• Scattering theory
• Optical matrix
• Examples

2. Lecture 2: Reflectometry Deep Dive

Christy Kinane (STFC)

23/04/2026, 10:15

Morning Session

• Experimental design
• SLD calculation
• Dynamic range and resolution
• Isotopic Contrast
• Examples

3. Practical 1: Demonstration and first fitting

Maximilian Skoda (STFC)

23/04/2026, 11:30

Morning Session

NIST Online tool demo and fitting of RR sample

4. Lecture 3: Polarised Reflectometry - all you need to know

Christy Kinane (STFC)

23/04/2026, 13:30

Afternoon Session

5. Practical 2: PNR demonstration and first model

Andrew Caruana (STFC)

23/04/2026, 14:30

Afternoon Session

NIST online demo and fitting - PNR/PA

6. Lecture 4: Data reduction

Maximilian Skoda (STFC)

24/04/2026, 09:00

Morning Session

• Basic beamline set-up
• Virtual beamline tour
• Time-Of-Flight
• Data reduction in Mantid WorkBench

7. Practical 4: Data reduction with Mantid in IDAaaS

Maximilian Skoda (STFC), Stephen Hall (STFC)

24/04/2026, 10:00

Morning Session

• IDAaaS introduction
• Data access
• Data reduction steps
• Reflectometry interface

10. Lecture 5: An introduction to NR Beamlines and alignment

Oleksandr Tomchuk

24/04/2026, 11:15

Morning Session

• Reflectometer components
• Sample alignment

26. Lecture 6: An introduction to NR data fitting

Stephen Hall (STFC)

24/04/2026, 13:30

Afternoon Session

• Fitting concepts
• Fitting tools
• Fitting pitfalls

12. Lecture 6: Error analysis

Andrew Caruana (STFC)

24/04/2026, 14:30

Afternoon Session

• Why error analysis?
• Bayesian analysis
• Model selection

28. The NR experimental process

Mario Campana (STFC)

27/04/2026, 09:15

Morning Session

29. Lecture 9: RasCAL Demo

Arwel Hughes (STFC)

27/04/2026, 10:00

Morning Session

30. Lecture 9: Refl1D Demo

Andrew Caruana (STFC), Christy Kinane (STFC)

27/04/2026, 11:15

Morning Session

15. Practical 7: RasCAL Bilayer fitting

Luke Clifton (STFC), Stephen Hall (STFC), Maximilian Skoda (STFC), Becky Welbourn (STFC), Mario Campana (STFC)

27/04/2026, 13:30

Afternoon Session

Building bilayer models

17. Practical 8: Refl1D demo and exercises

Andrew Caruana (STFC), Brian Maranville, Christy Kinane (STFC)

28/04/2026, 09:00

Morning Session

• PNR
• PA
• Model Constraints

31. Closing remarks

Dr Maximilian Skoda (STFC)

28/04/2026, 11:30

Morning Session

21. Closing remarks

Maximilian Skoda (STFC)

Afternoon Session

• Closing remarks
• Group photo?

8. Lecture 5: Data reduction II - Jupyter Notebook

Andrew Caruana (STFC)

Morning Session

14. Lecture 7: Case study - Lipid Bilayers

Luke Clifton (STFC), Maximilian Skoda (STFC)

Morning Session

• RasCAL revisited
• Building a model
• Custom models
• Fitting strategies and pitfalls
• Error analysis

16. Lecture 8: Case study - Polarised Reflectometry

Andrew Caruana (STFC), Brian Maranville, Christy Kinane (STFC)

Afternoon Session

• Measurement strategies
• Model definition
• Measurables (polarisation, spin-flip scattering, spin asymmetry)
• Error analysis

18. Lecture 9: Case study - Complex systems

Andrew Nelson, Becky Welbourn (STFC), Jos Cooper (STFC), Maximilian Skoda (STFC)

Morning Session

• Introduction to RefNX
• Building a model in RefNX
• Custom models: mixed area, non-slab models ??
• Modelling roughness
• Fitting strategies and pitfalls
• Error analysis

20. Practical 10: TBC

Andrew Caruana (STFC), Arwel Hughes (STFC), Becky Welbourn (STFC), Jos Cooper (STFC), Luke Clifton (STFC), Maximilian Skoda (STFC), Stephen Hall (STFC)

Afternoon Session

TBC

11. Practical 5/6a: RasCAL in IDAaaS Demo

Stephen Hall (STFC)

Afternoon Session

RascAL fitting/error analysis demo and simple practical

22. Practical 5/6b: Refl1D In IDAaaS Demo

Andrew Caruana (STFC), Christy Kinane (STFC)

Afternoon Session

9. Practical 5: Jupyter Notebook

Andrew Caruana (STFC)

Morning Session

27. Practical 7: RasCAL Bilayer fitting

Luke Clifton (STFC), Stephen Hall (STFC), Maximilian Skoda (STFC), Becky Welbourn (STFC), Mario Campana (STFC)

Morning Session

Building bilayer models

13. Practical 7a: RasCAL/IDAaaS error analysis demo

Stephen Hall (STFC)

Afternoon Session

RasCAL error analysis demo

23. Practical 7b: Refl1D/IDAaaS error analysis Demo

Andrew Caruana (STFC), Christy Kinane (STFC)

Afternoon Session

19. Practical 9: RefNX demo and excersises

Andrew Nelson, Jos Cooper (STFC), Maximilian Skoda (STFC)

Morning Session

• Complex models exercises

25. TBC - Complementary techniques??

Afternoon Session