Abstract:
In a Talbot interferometer including a diffractive grating which forms a first intensity distribution, a shield grating which forms a second intensity distribution, a detector which acquires information on the intensity distributions, and a moving unit which moves the first intensity distribution or the shield grating, fringe scanning in the x-axis and y-axis directions is performed in response to a change in relative positions of the first intensity distribution and the shield grating in the respective directions, and the detection before or after a change in the relative positions in the respective directions. The number of movements of the first intensity distribution or the shield grating with the fringe scanning in the directions is lower than Dx×(Dy+1)−2, where Dx and Dy are the numbers of detections with the fringe scanning in the respective directions and are integers equal to or higher than 3.
Abstract:
An X-ray Talbot interferometer includes a source grating configured to spatially split X-rays emitted from an X-ray source, a diffraction grating configured to form an interference pattern with the X-rays from the source grating, and an X-ray detector configured to detect the X-rays from the diffraction grating. The X-ray Talbot interferometer further includes an angle varying unit configured to vary an angle formed by an optical axis, which is the center of a flux of the X-rays from the X-ray source, and the source grating. The angle varying unit varies the angle formed by the optical axis and the source grating from a first angle to a second angle. The X-ray detector detects the X-rays at least when the optical axis and the source grating form the first angle and when the optical axis and the source grating form the second angle.