X-ray focusing by bent crystals: focal positions as predicted by the crystal lens equation and the dynamical
Jean Pierre Guigay1, Manuel Sanchez Del Rio1
1European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, 71 Avenue des Martyrs, F-38000 Grenoble, France.
Abstract:
The location of the beam focus when monochromatic X-ray radiation is diffracted by a thin bent crystal is predicted by the `crystal lens equation'. This equation is derived in a general form valid for Bragg and Laue geometries. It has little utility for diffraction in Laue geometry. The focusing effect in the Laue symmetrical case is discussed using concepts of dynamical theory and an extension of the lens equation is proposed. The existence of polychromatic focusing is considered and the feasibility of matching the polychromatic and monochromatic focal positions is discussed.
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