Patents Represented by Attorney Esther Lois Roberts
  • Patent number: 7439492
    Abstract: This invention extends the Kirkpatrick-Baez (KB) mirror focusing geometry to allow nondispersive focusing of neutrons with a convergence on a sample much larger than is possible with existing KB optical schemes by establishing an array of at least three mirrors and focusing neutrons by appropriate multiple deflections via the array. The method may be utilized with supermirrors, multilayer mirrors, or total external reflection mirrors. Because high-energy x-rays behave like neutrons in their absorption and reflectivity rates, this method may be used with x-rays as well as neutrons.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2008
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the United States Department of Energy
    Inventor: Gene E. Ice