Bent Laue Analyzer for X-ray Fluorescence Spectroscopy

描述(由申请人提供)： 通过在低于15keV的各种X射线能量下实施和测试我们的Bent Laue分析仪设计概念，我们的团队已经实现了第一阶段SBIR赠款的目标。在第一阶段，我们优化、建造和测试了7种不同X射线荧光能量在6到18keV之间的装置。高级光子源的XAFS实验者也成功地测试了其中的几个设备，这些设备受到了热烈的欢迎。在这一点上，很明显，我们的设计具有巨大的商业潜力，即使是在开发的第一阶段。一家在全球拥有同步辐射仪器销售业务的公司已经与我们接洽，该公司有兴趣销售我们的分析器技术，特别是我们打算开发的未来集成系统。通过开发包含定位器、后端探测器和对准辅助设备的交钥匙系统，终端用户的市场潜力和效用将显著增强。 在第二阶段的应用中，我们计划将我们的弯曲劳厄X射线分析仪的概念应用到商业实施中，特别是继续将性能提高到6keV以下，开发集成的多元系统，改进制造、质量控制和质量保证能力，开发用户文档，并与一家或多家在全球拥有销售业务的成熟公司签订营销和分销协议(S)。这些产品将为生物、医学、化学、物理、材料科学和环境科学中的X射线荧光光谱分析提供独特和宝贵的能力。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Our team has achieved the goals of the Phase I SBIR grant by implementing and testing our Bent Laue Analyzer design concept at a variety of x-ray energies below 15 KeV. In Phase I, we optimized, constructed and tested devices at seven different x-ray fluorescence energies between 6 and 18 KeV. Several of the devices were also successfully tested by respected XAFS experimenters at the Advanced Photon Source, and the devices have been enthusiastically received. At this point it is clear there is a significant commercial potential to our designs, even at the Phase I stage of development. We have been approached by a company with a world-wide sales presence in synchrotron radiation instrumentation who is interested in potentially marketing our analyzer technology, and particularly future integrated systems that we intend to develop. The market potential and utility for end-users will be significantly enhanced through development of turnkey systems incorporating positioners, back-end detectors, and alignment aids. In this Phase II application we propose to carry our bent Laue x-ray analyzer concept through to commercial implementation, specifically to continue to improve the performance below 6 KeV, to develop integrated multielement systems, improve manufacturing, quality control, and quality assurance capabilities, develop user documentation, and form marketing and distribution agreement(s) with an established company or companies with a world-wide sales presence. The products will provide unique and invaluable capabilities for x-ray fluorescence spectroscopy in biology, medicine, chemistry, physics, materials science, and environmental sciences.