Figure 5
Optimum geometric apertures for refractive lenses depending on photon energy. The focal length is always adjusted according to (27) with a step height of Δy = 10 µm. The curves for the materials pmma, Si and Ni refer to clessidra lenses and are obtained using (30). The dashed curve refers to a Be CRL and is calculated using (10) for the same focal lengths. The thick solid line indicates the upper aperture limit of A = 1 mm for an aspect ratio of a = 100, and the dotted line is the `thin lens' limit according to (45) for pmma clessidras. |