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Weitkamp, T

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DOE OSTI2012

Study of multilayer-reflected beam profiles and their coherence properties using beamlines ID19 (ESRF) and 32-ID (APS)

The use of multilayer mirrors is an interesting alternative for reflective X-ray monochromatization with respect to reflection from crystal optics. The increased photon flux density due to the multilayers' larger bandwidth is of crucial importance for, e.g, full-field X-ray imaging applications. Drawbacks are the introduced modifications of the reflected beam profile as well as a certain loss of coherence, summarized as wavefront degradation. Our recent work has shown that the modification of the beam profile can vary with, e.g., the material composition of the coating applied. In order to verify our findings, a beamline round-robin has been initiated, comparing the wavefront profiles after reflection by selected multilayers at beamlines 32-ID (Advanced Photon Source) and ID19 (European Synchrotron Radiation Facility) with our initial results acquired at BM05 (ESRF) [1].

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DOE OSTI2011

Quadriwave Lateral Shearing Interferometry in an Achromatic and Continuously Self-imaging Regime for Future X-ray Phase Imaging

We present in this Letter a type of quadriwave lateral shearing interferometer for x-ray phase imaging. This device is based on a phase chessboard, and we take advantage of the large spectrum of the source to produce interferograms with a propagation-invariant contrast. Such a grating has been created for hard x-ray interferometry and experimentally tested on a synchrotron beamline at Soleil.

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DOE OSTI2011

Performance of Multilayer Monochromators for Hard X-Ray Imaging with Coherent Synchrotron Radiation

We present a study in which multilayers of different periodicity (from 2.5 to 5.5 nm), composition (W/Si, Mo/Si, Pd/B{sub 4}C, Ru/B{sub 4}C), and numbers of layers have been compared. Particularly, we chose mirrors with similar intrinsic quality (roughness and reflectivity) to study their performance (flatness and coherence of the outgoing beam) as monochromators in synchrotron radiography. The results indicate that material composition is the dominating factor for the performance. This is important to consider for future developments in synchrotron-based hard x-ray imaging methods. In these techniques, multilayer monochromators are popular because of their good tradeoff between spectral bandwidth and photon flux density of the outgoing beam, but sufficient homogeneity and preservation of the coherent properties of the reflected beam are major concerns. The experimental results we collected may help scientists and engineers specify multilayer monochromators and can contribute to better exploitation of the advantages of multilayer monochromators in microtomography and other full-field imaging techniques.

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