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The Lens_parab_Cyl Component

X-ray compound refractive lens (CRL) with a parabolic cylinder shape

Identification

• Author: Jana Baltser and Erik Knudsen
• Origin: NBI
• Date: April 2011

Description

An X-ray compound refractive lens (CRL) with a parabolic cylinder profile focusing in 1D, i.e. onto a line

The lens is invariant along the x-axis and has a parabolic profile along the y-axis defined as z/c = y^2/b^2.
Thus, i.e. it focuses onto a line along the x-axis.
N>1 means that a stack of lenses is to be simulated. Each lens consists of a pair of two opposing parabolic surfaces
with a distance d between them. The reference point of the component is at the bottom of the first parabolic
surface.

Example: Lens_parab_Cyl(r=.5e-3,yheight=1.3e-3,xwidth=1.3e-3,d=.1e-3,N=21,
material_datafile="Be.txt")

Input parameters

Parameters in boldface are required; the others are optional.

Name	Unit	Description	Default
material_datafile	str	Datafile containing f1 constants	"Be.txt"
r	m	Radius of curvature (circular approximation at the tip of the profile).	.5e-3
yheight	m	The CRL's aperture along Y.	1.2e-3
xwidth	m	The width of the CRL in the invariant direction x.	1.2e-3
d	m	Distance between two surfaces of the lens along the propagation axis.	.1e-3
N	1	Number of single lenses in a stack.	1
rough_z	rad	RMS value of random slope along z.	0
rough_xy	rad	RMS value of random slope along x and y.	0

AT (	,	,		) RELATIVE		Generate to clipboard
ROTATED (	,	,		) RELATIVE

Links

• Source code for Lens_parab_Cyl.comp.

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