New interferometer could simplify materials research
Thursday, August 13, 2009 - 11:07
in Physics & Chemistry
(PhysOrg.com) -- `Most current hard x-ray interferometers are based on crystals, which require their high quality and high mechanical stability,` Anatoly Snigirev tells PhysOrg.com. `This can make x-ray interferometry quite limited. What we have done is develop a different set up that is simpler.` Snigirev is a scientist at ESRF in Grenoble France. Along with scientists at the Russian Kurchatov Research Center in Moscow, and at IMT RAS in Chernogolovka, Russia, Snigirev proposes that refractive bilenses made from silicon can be used in place of crystals.