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Large-aperture X-ray refractive lens

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An X-ray refractive lens with an enlarged aperture (multilens) is developed and a procedure for obtaining images using this lens and methods of their processing are proposed. The multilens is compared with conventional X-ray refractive lenses, and the method of processing is compared to known techniques. It is shown that the proposed multilens can receive X-ray images with an aperture ratio of two to three orders of magnitude greater than a conventional X-ray refractive lens. Possible applications of the multilens are considered. Most attractive is use of the proposed multilens for imaging biological objects with a very low concentration of contrast agent. Quantitative estimates show that images of such objects can be obtained using modern synchrotron-radiation sources with a resolution of approximately 1 μm in hundreds of seconds.

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Original Russian Text © A.N. Artemev, N.A. Artemiev, 2016, published in Poverkhnost’. Rentgenovskie, Sinkhrotronnye i Neitronnye Issledovaniya, 2016, No. 5, pp. 27–31.

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Artemev, A.N., Artemiev, N.A. Large-aperture X-ray refractive lens. J. Surf. Investig. 10, 490–494 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1027451016030034

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