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Hard x-ray imaging using free-standing spherically bent crystals.

Authors :
Faenov, A. Ya.
Pikuz, T. A.
Avrutin, V.
Izyumskaya, N.
Shabelnikov, L.
Shulakov, E.
Kyrala, G. A.
Source :
Review of Scientific Instruments. Mar2003, Vol. 74 Issue 3, p2224. 4p.
Publication Year :
2003

Abstract

We report the attempt to prepare free-standing spherically bent Si crystals with radii of curvature as small as 30 cm and large uniform working areas up to several cm². We also report on the use of these crystals in the Laue geometry to record two-dimensional high spatial resolution x-ray images in the hard x-ray region (λ∼0.5 Å). We discuss how these bent crystals were made, and show how these spherically bent crystals were used in the Laue geometry to obtain hard x-ray images of test objects at the silver K-alpha wavelength at two different magnifications. The mean spatial resolution of this x-ray imaging scheme, determined from the recorded image traces, was found to be better than 10 µm over a field of view of 1.5×1.5 mm. Contributions of possible focusing mechanisms (dynamical and polychromatic) are discussed. Additional theoretical understanding of how such a scheme is working is needed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00346748
Volume :
74
Issue :
3
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
Review of Scientific Instruments
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
9208602
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1537858