Patent ID: 6271534
Filing Date: 2001-08-07
Classification: G01N,G21K

Abstract:
A device for producing an image of an object, comprising:a source of radiation which appears as a flux of particles,means for placing the object such that said object may be exposed to the effect of radiation generated by said source,means for image formation for registering the distribution of intensity of radiation after the radiation interacts with the object, andan optical system which incorporates at least one integrated lens converting said flux of particles and is interposed between said radiation source and said means for placing the object or between said means for placing the object and the image forming means, said integrated lens is a package of sublenses of a various degree of integration, wherein the sublens of least degree of integration represents the package in a common envelope of radiation transporting channels in form of microcapillary tubes, which is growing using drawing and reduction together with an envelope at the temperature of a softening of their material, the sublens of each higher degree of integration represents the package in a common envelope of the sublenses of previous degree of integration, which is growing using drawing and reduction together with an envelope at the temperature of a softening of their material, all sublenses of highest degree of integration are composed in a unified structure which is growing using joint forming at the temperature of a softening of their material, and the channels of radiation transporting, with the exception of the channels located near longitudinal axis of lens, are made with a capability, at least, of double full external reflection of radiation during radiation transporting and with increase of quantity of reflections for channels removed from the longitudinal axis of a lens, the channels located near the longitudinal axis are made with a capability of transporting the radiation at single full external reflection or without reflection.