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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 09, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 09, 2018
Government of the United States of America, As Represented BY the Secretary of Commerce, Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Joel Ullom, Boulder, CO (US);
Galen O'Neil, Boulder, CO (US);
Luis Miaja Avila, Louisville, CO (US);
Kevin Silverman, Boulder, CO (US);
Daniel Swetz, Boulder, CO (US);
Ralph Jimenez, Boulder, CO (US);
William Bertrand Doriese, Boulder, CO (US);
Gene Hilton, Boulder, CO (US);
Carl Reintsema, Boulder, CO (US);
Daniel Schmidt, Boulder, CO (US);
Bradley K. Alpert, Boulder, CO (US);
Jens Uhlig, Dalby, SE;
Young Joe, Boulder, CO (US);
Wilfred K. Fullagar, Weetangera, AU;
Villy Sundstrom, Simrishamn, SE;
Ilari Maasilta, Jyvaskyla, FI;
Joseph Fowler, Boulder, CO (US);
GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF COMMERCE, Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Abstract
An x-ray spectrometer includes: an x-ray plasma source that produces first x-rays; an x-ray optic in optical communication with the x-ray plasma source and that: receives the first x-rays from the x-ray plasma source; focuses the first x-rays to produce second x-rays; and communicates the second x-rays to a sample that produces product x-rays in response to receipt of the second x-rays and second light; and a microcalorimeter array detector in optical communication with the sample and that receives the product x-rays from the sample.