Fine structures of divergence of polycapillary X-ray optics

The divergence of the beam focused by polycapillary X-ray optics (PXRO) varied at different distances from the exit of the PXRO. This distance dependence of the divergence of the PXRO was defined as the fine structures of the divergence of the PXRO. The fine structures of the divergence of the PXRO were presented in order to use them fully. There were main three types of the PXRO, such as polycapillary parallel X-ray lens (PPXRL), polycapillary focusing X-ray lens (PFXRL) and polycapillary slightly focusing X-ray lens (PSFXRL). For the PPXRL, the divergence decreased near its exit. The reason for this might be that the divergence near the exit of the PPXRL depended mainly on the X-rays traversing directly through the monocapillaries in the center of the PPXRL without total reflection. For the PFXRL and PSFXRL, they both had respectively a focal depth over which the beam sizes at different output distances remained acceptably small. For the 8 key X-rays, the focal depth and divergence over the focal depth of the PFXRL were about 300 im and 25.0 mrad, respectively. At the same energy of 8 key, the focal depth and divergence over the focal depth of the PSFXRL were about 500 p.m and 12.5 mrad, respectively. The divergence of the PFXRL and the PSFXRL depended mainly on the angles between axes of monocapillaries that composed them. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.