Shvyd’ko Yu. X-Ray Optics: High-Energy-Resolution Applications

Springer, 2004. — 416 p. — (Springer Series in Optical Sciences 98). — ISBN: 3642059929.The use of x rays has moved in the forefront of science and technology in the second half of the 20th century. This progress has been greatly stimulated by the advent of synchrotron x-ray sources in the 1960s. The undulator-based synchrotron radiation sources which have appeared in the last decade of the 20th century gave a new impetus to such development. The brilliance of the x-ray sources has increased by 12 orders of magnitude in 40 years and this trend does not show any signs of stagnation. The future x-ray sources of the 21th century based on free-electron lasers driven by linear accelerators will provide sub-picosecond radiation pulses with by many orders of magnitude higher brilliance and full transverse coherence. The x-ray sources of the newest generation offer a possibility to realize more than ever before the great potential of x-ray optics and, as a consequence, to elaborate new sophisticated instrumentation with unprecedented resolution and eventually to move in new directions of research in x-ray technology, materials science, fundamental physics, life sciences, etc.Overview of the Field
Dynarnical Theory of X-Ray Diffraction {Focus on Backscattering)
Principles of Multiple-Crystal X-Ray Diffraction
Theory of X-Ray Fabry-Perot Resonators
High-Resolution X-Ray Monochromators
High-Resolution X-Ray Analyzers
Towards Realizing X-Ray Resonators
Appendices
Si Crystal Data
a-Al₂O₃ Crystal Data
Bragg Back-Reflections in Si
Two-Beam Bragg Backscattering Cases in a-Al2O3
Low-Lying Levels of Stable Isotopes
a-Al₂O₃ as a Universal meV-Monochromator
Quality Assessment of a-Al₂O₃ Crystals
Radiation Wavelength and Angle of Incidence for Exact Bragg Backscattering