High-brilliance X-ray Microsource

Incoatec and Bruker AXS have launched their novel IµS X-ray microsource. IµS is an optimized, high-brilliance X-ray source incorporating a 30 W micro-focus sealed tube together with high-performance Montel multilayer X-ray optics. It offers numerous benefits: it has no moving parts, has a very long lifetime without maintenance, is extremely stable, does not require water-cooling, is easy to replace, and has low cost of ownership comparable to common sealed tubes. This microsource is significantly more intense than previous microfocus source designs and provides a photon intensity which is up to five times higher than a conventional sealed tube system that is comparable to a conventional 5.4 kW-class rotating anode generator.