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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 01, 2008
Filed:
May. 31, 2005
Applicants:
Yong Min Cho, Silver Spring, MD (US);
Thomas Joseph Fox, Virginia Beach, VA (US);
Inventors:
Yong Min Cho, Silver Spring, MD (US);
Thomas Joseph Fox, Virginia Beach, VA (US);
Assignee:
Monochromatic X-Ray Technologies, Inc., Lanham, MD (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21K 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An x-ray reflector may include: a substrate; a first layer formed on the substrate, the first layer including a relatively higher-Z material, where Z represents the atomic number; and a second layer formed on the first layer, the second layer including a relatively lower-Z material; at least one of the first layer and the second layer exhibiting a taper in an axial direction extending between a first end of the substrate and a second end of the substrate.