Magnetic design of a spin-echo small-angle neutron-scattering instrument

In a spin-echo small-angle neutron scattering instrument dipole magnets and guide field coils are used. The homogeneity of the fields should be sufficient to have linear labeling of the height with precession. Furthermore, the instrument must have a homogenous line integral over the beam cross-section. It is shown that line integral inhomogeneities are directly connected to field components perpendicular to the main field. The design parameters of these magnetic units of the setup are calculated.