Differential x-ray phase contrast imaging using a shearing interferometer
Abstract
An x-ray interferometer has been developed that uses two transmission phase gratings to analyze wave front distortions in the hard x-ray range. The interferometer is insensitive to mechanical drift and vibrations, and it is tunable over a wide range of photon energies. This setup was used for differential phase contrast imaging of low-absorbing test objects. We obtained micrographs with moiré fringes of good visibility, which revealed the local phase shift gradient caused by the objects. A comparison with numerically simulated images indicates that quantitative analysis of unknown phase objects is possible.
- Publication:
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Applied Physics Letters
- Pub Date:
- October 2002
- DOI:
- 10.1063/1.1516611
- Bibcode:
- 2002ApPhL..81.3287D
- Keywords:
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- 07.85.Fv;
- X- and gamma-ray sources mirrors gratings and detectors