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Title: Progress towards sub-micron hard x-ray imaging using elliptically bent mirrors

Conference ·
OSTI ID:554161

Of the many methods used to focus x-rays, the use of mirrors with an elliptical curvature shows the most promise of providing a sub-micron white light focus. Our group has been developing the techniques of controlled bending of mirror substrates in order to produce the desired elliptical shape. We have been successful in producing surfaces with the required microradian slope error tolerances. Details of the bending techniques used, results from laboratory slope error measurements using a Long Trace Profiler (LTP) and data from the measurement of focus shape using knife edge and imaging methods using x-rays in the 5-12 KeV energy range are presented. The development of a white light focusing opens many possibilities in diffraction and spectroscopic studies.

Research Organization:
Lawrence Berkeley Lab., Advanced Light Source, CA (US)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Energy Research, Washington, DC (US)
DOE Contract Number:
AC03-76SF00098
OSTI ID:
554161
Report Number(s):
LBNL-40650; CONF-970706-; LSBL-393; LBNL/ALS-934; ON: DE97054557; TRN: US0201197
Resource Relation:
Conference: Annual meeting of the Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (Materials, Manufacturing and Measurement for Synchrotron Radiation Mirrors), San Diego, CA (US), 07/30/1997--07/31/1997; Other Information: Supercedes report DE97054557; PBD: Jul 1997; PBD: 1 Jul 1997
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English