10 October 2024 Multi-image X-ray interferometer module: II. Demonstration of high-resolution X-ray imaging with regular-interval coded apertures
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Abstract

We have been developing an X-ray imaging system, multi-image X-ray interferometer module (MIXIM), to achieve a high angular resolution with a compact system size. MIXIM is comprised of a mask with equally spaced apertures and an X-ray detector. The aperture size and the mask-detector distance determine the system’s angular resolution. Although a smaller aperture gives a better resolution, the degree of improvement is limited by a diffraction effect. MIXIM circumvents this problem by utilizing the Talbot effect. Our experiment with the previous model equipped with a multi-pinhole mask obtained an angular resolution of 0.5″ with a mask-detector distance of 92 cm. A major downside of the multi-pinhole mask is, however, that it has a very low opening fraction, which results in a very low effective area. Here, we newly adopt a multiple coded aperture (MCA) mask, an array of coded aperture patterns. Our proof-of-concept experiment demonstrates that the Talbot effect works even for the MCA mask with a high opening fraction of 50% at 12.4 keV. Consequently, the new MIXIM realizes 25 times as large an effective area as that of the previous model while maintaining a high angular resolution of 0.2″ and a compact size of 1.5 m.

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Kazunori Asakura, Kiyoshi Hayashida, Tomokage Yoneyama, Hirofumi Noda, Marina Yoshimoto, Tomohiro Hakamata, Hironori Matsumoto, and Hiroshi Tsunemi "Multi-image X-ray interferometer module: II. Demonstration of high-resolution X-ray imaging with regular-interval coded apertures," Journal of Astronomical Telescopes, Instruments, and Systems 10(4), 045002 (10 October 2024). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JATIS.10.4.045002
Received: 9 February 2024; Accepted: 10 September 2024; Published: 10 October 2024
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KEYWORDS
X-rays

Spatial resolution

X-ray imaging

X-ray sources

Sensors

Transmittance

Astronomical interferometers

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