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Measurement of X-ray Beam Coherence along Multiple Directions Using 2-D Checkerboard Phase Grating
Published on: October 11, 2016
4x4 ray matrix for a curved chirped grating at oblique incidence
Gilles Fortin1, Nathalie McCarthy
1Centre d'Optique, Photonique et Laser (COPL), Departement de Physique, Genie Physique et Optique, Universite Laval, Quebec, Canada.
Abstract:
The general 4x4 ray matrix of a grating is presented. This matrix suits the cases of transmission and reflection by a chirped grating with curved lines lying on a curved interface. The matrix presented applies to the general oblique incidence of the optical axis and therefore to nonorthogonal cases and to conical diffraction.
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