A high-resolution, active-optic X-ray fluorescence analyzer combining a large acceptance solid angle with wide energy tunability
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US Patent 8,130,902B2
- High-Resolution, Active-Optic X-Ray Fluorescence Analyzer (IN-06-085)
Active optics apparatus and method for aligning active optics are provided for a high-resolution, active optic fluorescence analyzer combining a large acceptance solid angle with wide energy tunability. A plurality of rows of correctors selectively controlled to bend an elongated strip of single crystal material like Si (400) into substantially any precisely defined shape. A pair of pushers engages opposite ends of the silicon crystal strip exert only a force along the long axis of the crystal strip, and does not induce additional bending moments which would result in a torsion of the crystal.