X-Ray Fluorescence Experiments with Polarized X-Rays*
- 1 January 1974
- journal article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Advances in X-ray Analysis
- Vol. 18, 265-277
- https://doi.org/10.1154/s0376030800006777
Abstract
Two methods of obtaining polarized x-rays for fluorescence experiments are discussed. Compton scattering from a low-Z scatterer is the usual method used in such experiments. The polarization of x-rays undergoing anomalous Borrmann transmission in a dislocation-free crystal is also described and preliminary results are presented. Approximate expressions, useful for comparing scatter-polarizing systems, are derived for the dependence of scatter rejection and fluorescent efficiency on two scattering-system parameters: the thickness of the scattering polarizer and the geometric limit to solid angles and angular divergences in the system.Keywords
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