Theory of oblique and grazing incidence Talbot-Lau interferometers and demonstration in a compact source x-ray reflective interferometer

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 25, 2011, Pages 25093-25112

  Wen, Han ^a,b   Kemble, Camille K ^a,b   Bennett, Eric E ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WAVE PROPAGATION;

GRAZING INCIDENCE; HIGH SENSITIVITY; NORMAL INCIDENCE; OBLIQUE INCIDENCE; PRACTICAL METHOD; TALBOT-LAU INTERFEROMETER; WAVE PROPAGATION MODELING; X-RAY PHASE-CONTRAST IMAGING;

INTERFEROMETERS;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERFEROMETRY; RADIATION SCATTERING; THEORETICAL MODEL; X RAY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; INTERFEROMETRY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SCATTERING, RADIATION; X-RAY DIFFRACTION; X-RAYS;

EID: 82955226064     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.025093     Document Type: Article

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