Figure P.5.89 shows a glancing-incidcnce X-ray focusing system designed in 1952 by Hans Wo...

Figure P.5.89 shows a glancing-incidcnce X-ray focusing system designed in 1952 by Hans Wolter. How does it work? Microscopes with this type of system have been used to photograph, in X-rays, the implosion of fuel pellet targets in laser fusion research. Similar X-ray optical arrangements have been used in astronomical telescopes (see photos on p. 79).

Figure P.5.89

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