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Point-line converter

US8848870B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

BRUKER AXS GmbH · DE

Inventors

Lutz Bruegemann · Durmersheim, DE
Carsten Michaelsen · Artlenburg, DE
Keisuke Saito · Tokyo, JP

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 23, 2011
Grant date	Sep 30, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 18, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG21K2201/064
WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An X-ray optical configuration for irradiation of a sample (1) with an X-ray beam having a line-shaped cross-section, wherein the configuration contains an X-ray source (2) and a beam-conditioning X-ray optics, is characterized in that the X-ray source (2) comprises a brilliant point source (4) and the X-ray optics comprises an X-ray optical element (3) which conditions X-ray light emitted by the point source in such a fashion that the X-ray beam is rendered parallel in one direction perpendicular to the beam propagation direction and remains divergent in a direction which is perpendicular thereto and also to the beam propagation direction. An X-ray optical element of this type enables use of both point-shaped and line-shaped beam geometries without complicated and time-consuming conversion work.

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