High-resolution monochromator using a high-efficiency single-mode x-ray resonator at Laue incidence

Abstract

We report a high-resolution and high-efficiency monochromator with energy resolution, ΔE/E∼2.08*10, utilizing a hard x-ray single-mode Fabry-Perot (FP) resonator at Laue incidence at 14.4388 keV. Instead of using multiple-crystal diffraction via several asymmetric-cut crystals, a 3 meV single-peak is generated from the interference of a Si-made two-plate cavity with a thickness of 70 μm and a gap of 45 μm, where a (0-40) Laue reflection is used to excite the backreflection (12 4 0) for the enhancement of the FP efficiency. Due to the large angular acceptance of (12 4 0) and (0-40), the energy tunability can be achieved by changing the incident angle into the resonator. The application of x-ray resonators at Laue incidence as a monochromator can be further implemented to x-ray optics.