Nested mirrors for x-rays and neutrons

Gene E. Ice; Rozaliya I. Barabash; Ali Khounsary

doi:10.1117/12.831078

4 September 2009 Nested mirrors for x-rays and neutrons

Gene E. Ice, Rozaliya I. Barabash, Ali Khounsary

Proceedings Volume 7448, Advances in X-Ray/EUV Optics and Components IV; 74480B (2009) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.831078
Event: SPIE Optical Engineering + Applications, 2009, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

Montel (nested) Kirkpatrick-Baez mirrors can focus X-ray and neutron beams with larger divergences into small beams than is possible with standard (sequential) Kirkpatrick-Baez optics. They also provide for a more compact focusing system and higher fluxes into small beams than with current alternatives. These attributes make Montel optics critically important for both achromatic neutron and X-ray focusing. Here we describe design rules that optimize mirror performance under various constraints, including diffraction-limited, and flux-limited focusing. We also describe first tests of optical designs that employ nesting as a way to improve neutron microfocusing optics and suggest future directions for X-ray nanofocusing optics.

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Gene E. Ice, Rozaliya I. Barabash, and Ali Khounsary "Nested mirrors for x-rays and neutrons", Proc. SPIE 7448, Advances in X-Ray/EUV Optics and Components IV, 74480B (4 September 2009); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.831078

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