Even though conventional X-ray polarizers with multiple-reflection channel-cut structures perform well, they suffer from the disadvantage that the polarized beam is non-stationary as the energy is scanned. In this paper the possibility of using a thin Bragg reflector as a polarizing filter is investigated, so that the transmitted beam (rather than the Bragg-reflected beam) is used. Consequently, the position and direction of the transmitted beam are unchanged as the energy is changed, or even when the polarization direction to be filtered out is changed. Theoretical considerations as well as experimental results on the performance characteristics of the proposed transmission-type X-ray linear polarizer are presented. A polarization ratio, defined as I(H)/I(V), higher than 10(5) was obtained.
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