Center for X-ray Optics

The Center for X-ray Optics was founded in 1991 as a collection of faculty, postdoctoral researchers, graduate and undergraduate students studying the properties and application of x-ray and neutron optics.  

Areas of Research

Medical Applications

• Mammography
• Monocromatic Radiography 
• X-ray and Neutron Therapy
• MicroScintigraphy

Materials Applications

• MicroDiffraction
• Microfluorescence

Basic Research

• Scattering Theory
• Surface Effects
• Radiation Effects

Facilities include an 1200 sq ft laboratory housing multiple x-ray beam lines consisting of rotating anode or microfocus x-ray sources with copper, molydenum and tungsten targets, motion control systems for optic alignment and testing, and high resolution energy sensitive or imaging detectors.