In the X-ray region, the reflection efficiency ofa superpolished surface strongly depends on its roughness.This effect may be used to obtain a two-dimensional map ofthe roughness spatial distribution for flat surfaces with a realmean square roughness height of the order of one nanometer.The basic components of such a device are a precisionmechanical one-dimensional scanning stage and atemperature stabilized cooled X-ray linear detector array withquantum efficiency at CuKα radiation.
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