ISIS Virtual Reflectometry Training Course

Session

Morning Session

23 Apr 2026, 09:00

https://ukri.zoom.us/j/92031874488

Conveners

Morning Session

• Christy Kinane (STFC)

Morning Session

• Oleksandr Tomchuk

Morning Session: Morning Session

• There are no conveners in this block

Morning Session: Morning session

• There are no conveners in this block

24. Welcome and introduction

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

23/04/2026, 09:00

1. Lecture 1: Introduction to reflectometry

Luke Clifton (STFC)

23/04/2026, 09:15

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

2. Lecture 2: Reflectometry Deep Dive

Christy Kinane (STFC)

23/04/2026, 10:15

• Scattering theory
• Optical matrix
• Examples

3. Practical 1: Demonstration and first fitting

Maximilian Skoda (STFC)

23/04/2026, 11:30

NIST Online tool demo and fitting of RR sample

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

Oleksandr Tomchuk

24/04/2026, 09:00

• Reflectometer components
• Sample alignment

6. Lecture 6: Data reduction

Maximilian Skoda (STFC)

24/04/2026, 09:55

• Time-Of-Flight
• Data reduction in Mantid WorkBench

7. Practical 3: Data reduction with Mantid in IDAaaS

Maximilian Skoda (STFC), Stephen Hall (STFC)

24/04/2026, 11:00

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

28. Lecture 9: The NR experimental process

Mario Campana (STFC)

27/04/2026, 09:15

29. Lecture 10: RasCAL Demo

Arwel Hughes (STFC)

27/04/2026, 10:00

30. Lecture 11: Refl1D Demo

Andrew Caruana (STFC), Christy Kinane (STFC)

27/04/2026, 11:15

17. Practical 5: Refl1D demo and exercises

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

28/04/2026, 09:00

• PNR
• PA
• Model Constraints

33. Lecture 12: Grazing Incidence Scattering

Philip Mousley (DLSLtd)

28/04/2026, 11:30

31. Closing remarks

Dr Maximilian Skoda (STFC)

28/04/2026, 12:00