Hard x-ray microprobe with total-reflection mirrors

Abstract
A hard x‐ray microprobe with a grazing‐incidence total‐reflection mirror system is developed. The optical system has a pair of elliptical mirrors arranged in a crossed mirror geometry (Kirkpatrick–Baez configuration) and forms demagnified images of an x‐ray source. A focused spot size of 3.5 μm×4.8 μm is obtained at a wavelength of 2.3 Å. A focusing test with an x‐ray source determined by a pinhole generates a finer microbeam. Preliminary experiments on scanning x‐ray microscopy are performed using the focused x‐ray beam.

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