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Item Open Access Confocal energy-dispersive X-ray diffraction tomography employing a conical shell beam(Optical Society of America, 2019-07-01) Dicken, Anthony; Evans, J. Paul O.; Rogers, Keith; Prokopiou, Danae; Godber, Simon; Elarnaut, F.; Shevchuk, Alex; Downes, D.; Wilson, M.We introduce a new high-energy X-ray diffraction tomography technique for volumetric materials characterization. In this method, a conical shell beam is raster scanned through the samples. A central aperture optically couples the diffracted flux from the samples onto a pixelated energy-resolving detector. Snapshot measurements taken during the scan enable the construction of depth-resolved dark-field section images. The calculation of dspacing values enables the mapping of material phase in a volumetric image. We demonstrate our technique using five ~15 mm thick, axially separated samples placed within a polymer tray of the type used routinely in airport security stations. Our method has broad analytical utility due to scalability in both scan size and X-ray energy. Additional application areas include medical diagnostics, materials science, and process controlItem Open Access Data supporting "A new parafocusing paradigm for X-ray diffraction"(Cranfield University, 2020-12-09 10:07) Prokopiou, Danae; McGovern, James; Davies, Gareth; Godber, Simon; Rogers, Keith; Evans, Paul; Dicken, AnthonyA new approach to parafocusing X-ray diffraction implemented with an annular incident beam is demonstrated for the first time. The method exploits an elliptical specimen path on a flat sample to produce relatively high intensity maxima that can be measured with a point detector. It is shown that the flat-specimen approximation tolerated by conventional Bragg–Brentano geometries is not required. A theoretical framework, simulations and experimental results for both angular- and energy-dispersive measurement modes are presented and the scattering signatures compared with data obtained with a conventional pencil-beam arrangement.Item Open Access High energy transmission annular beam X-ray diffraction(Optical Society of America, 2015-02-02) Dicken, Anthony; Shevchuk, Alex; Rogers, Keith; Godber, Simon; Evans, PaulWe demonstrate material phase retrieval by linearly translating extended polycrystalline samples along the symmetry axis of an annular beam of high-energy X-rays. A series of pseudo-monochromatic diffraction images are recorded from the dark region encompassed by the beam. We measure Bragg maxima from different annular gauge volumes in the form of bright spots in the X-ray diffraction intensity. We present the experiment data from three materials with different crystallographic structural properties i.e. near ideal, large grain size and preferred orientation. This technique shows great promise for analytical inspection tasks requiring highly penetrating radiation such as security screening, medicine and nondestructive testing.Item Open Access A new parafocusing paradigm for X-ray diffraction(International Union of Crystallography, 2020-07-24) Prokopiou, Danae; McGovern, James; Davies, Gareth; Godber, Simon; Evans, Paul; Dicken, Anthony; Rogers, KeithA new approach to parafocusing X-ray diffraction implemented with an annular incident beam is demonstrated for the first time. The method exploits an elliptical specimen path on a flat sample to produce relatively high intensity maxima that can be measured with a point detector. It is shown that the flat-specimen approximation tolerated by conventional Bragg–Brentano geometries is not required. A theoretical framework, simulations and experimental results for both angular- and energy-dispersive measurement modes are presented and the scattering signatures compared with data obtained with a conventional pencil-beam arrangement.