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cwepr.io.magnettech module¶
Importer for the Magnettech XML format.
Magnettech spectrometers can write data to either XML or CSV files.
Currently, only the XML file format is supported. Generally each individual
scan gets saved into its own file, but the averaged data stored in an
additional file with _result suffixed to its base name.
Two-dimensional datasets, be it from modifying microwave power (power sweep), modulation amplitude, or goniometer angle, are stored as well in individual files per second parameter. Additionally, if you perform multiple averages per parameter value (microwave power, modulation amplitude, goniometer angle, …) you will end up with directories for each of these and again additionally a file with the averaged data.
A slight complication with the way Magnettech spectrometers obtain their data is the rather high magnetic field sampling frequency (typically 10^4 points) and the non-equidistant field axis. The latter is unique for each individual measurement in terms of the number of points, grid, and start and end value. Despite the field range set in the software, the spectrometer typically records the spectra slightly broader.
For two-dimensional datasets, all this means that the data for the individual traces have to be interpolated to a common axis before a two-dimensional matrix can be constructed. As the microwave frequency is recorded for each individual trace, a frequency correction can be applied beforehand.
Currently, only one-dimensional datasets and angular-dependent measurements (goniometer sweeps) can be imported. Implementing importers for other types of two-dimensional datasets is planned for the future.
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class
cwepr.io.magnettech.MagnettechXMLImporter(source='')¶ Bases:
aspecd.io.DatasetImporterImport cw-EPR raw data from the Magnettech benchtop spectrometer.
Magnettech provides a XML-file with the results. Specialities of this format are existing and will be briefly explained: The data is encoded in hex numbers, and the y axis consists of 10 times more points than the y axis. Therefore, an interpolation is needed to expand the axis to the necessary amount of points.
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class
cwepr.io.magnettech.GoniometerSweepImporter(source='')¶ Bases:
aspecd.io.DatasetImporterImport-angular dependent data from Magnettech benchtop spectrometer.
Note
Metadata are only taken from the infofile, ignoring the (much likely more accurate) xml-file metadata.