Mirrors For X-ray Optics
The mirrors can be made of ceramic or metal foil. The most commonly used glancing or grazing angle incidence materials for X-ray mirrors are gold and iridium. Even with these the critical reflection angle is energy dependent. For gold at 1 keV, the critical reflection angle is 3.72 degrees.
The utilization of X-ray mirrors simultaneously requires
- the ability to determine the location of the arrival of an X-ray photon in two dimensions and
- a reasonable detection efficiency.
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