发明名称 |
Hard x-ray magnification apparatus and method with submicrometer spatial resolution of images in more than one dimension |
摘要 |
An apparatus and a method are provided for employing hard monochromatic x-rays to generate high resolution, dimensionally altered undistorted images of either the internal structure or surface feature details of a specimen at the submicron level in up to three-dimensions. A monochromatic hard x-ray beam is applied to the specimen and thereafter is directed to arrive at a small angle of incidence at a preferably flat, optically polished surface of a nearly perfect crystal, to be diffracted at the surface thereof to carry a first one-dimensional alteration of the image of the observed structure of the specimen. This x-ray beam is then directed, at a small angle of incidence, to the surface of a second nearly perfect crystal, the receiving surface being oriented orthogonal to the surface of the first nearly perfect crystal, to generate a further diffracted beam containing an undistorted two-dimensionally altered inverted image of the specimen with micrometer spatial resolution. The "magnification factor" of the same set of highly-perfect crystals can be varied by zooming by changing the x-ray energy of the incident beam. This last beam is received on a CCD array for direct conversion of x-ray photons into electrical charges and storage and processing of the resultant data in digitized form. By a small controlled rotation to the specimen relative to the apparatus, additional two-dimensional data are obtained and may be processed to generate high resolution three-dimensional images of the specimen structure.
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申请公布号 |
US5259013(A) |
申请公布日期 |
1993.11.02 |
申请号 |
US19910808850 |
申请日期 |
1991.12.17 |
申请人 |
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF COMMERCE |
发明人 |
KURIYAMA, MASAO;DOBBYN, RONALD C.;SPAL, RICHARD D. |
分类号 |
G21K1/06;G21K7/00;(IPC1-7):G21K7/00 |
主分类号 |
G21K1/06 |
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