X-ray polarizer based on Kumakhov optics

Vladimir P. Petukhov; Svetlana V. Nikitina

doi:10.1117/12.277678

7 July 1997 X-ray polarizer based on Kumakhov optics

Vladimir P. Petukhov, Svetlana V. Nikitina

Proceedings Volume 3115, Hard X-Ray and Gamma-Ray Detector Physics, Optics, and Applications; (1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.277678
Event: Optical Science, Engineering and Instrumentation '97, 1997, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

The use of polarized x-ray beams provides drastic reduction of background connected with Compton scattering from the sample under investigation. In conventional x-ray tubes with isotropic distribution of x rays, the intensity of polarized beam after polarizer is very small. We have carried out the experiment with Kumakhov lens and Barcla polarizer to receive intense x-ray polarized beams. X-ray fluorescent spectra are observed by exciting a sample with both: polarized and unpolarized beams. A significant reduction in magnitude of the scattering radiation was observed with Kumakhov lens and Barcla polarizer.

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Vladimir P. Petukhov and Svetlana V. Nikitina "X-ray polarizer based on Kumakhov optics", Proc. SPIE 3115, Hard X-Ray and Gamma-Ray Detector Physics, Optics, and Applications, (7 July 1997); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.277678

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