Abstract
We developed a noncontact forming method to farbricate a grazing incidence X-ray mirror with a short focal length. The inner surface of a glass tube is very smooth, well reflecting even for a hard X-rays. To make use of this surface, we developed a technique with a combination of a pressurized gas from inside, an axial tension, and a thermal process applied to the tube by a heater programmed by a computer. A mirror of a focal length less than 300mm with a good reflectivity for X-rays is produced by “the thermal control method”. The mirrors show the properties as designed. A system of an X-ray microscope is constructed using the mirror as a condenser mirror and that as an object mirror. A system of a scanning system without the mirror is comparatively examined.
