AUTHOR=Shao Shangkun , Li Huiquan , Yuan Tianyu , Zhang Xiaoyun , Hua Lu , Sun Xuepeng , Liu Zhiguo , Sun Tianxi 

TITLE=Detailed Simulation of Single-Bounce Capillaries for Various X-Ray Sources

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Physics

VOLUME=Volume 10 - 2022

YEAR=2022

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/physics/articles/10.3389/fphy.2022.816981

DOI=10.3389/fphy.2022.816981

ISSN=2296-424X

ABSTRACT=In order to draw a high-quality single-bounce capillary (SBC) to meet various applications, there is an increasing demand for detailed simulations of the SBC. In this paper, a code based on ray-tracing method was developed to simulate the SBC in detail for various X-ray sources to optimize their performances by considering such factors as attenuation, coating, spot size of X-ray source, intensity distribution of X-ray source, energy distribution of X-ray source, surface shape error, centerline error, surface roughness and absorption edge. This code has monochrome and polychrome modes which were usually used to simulate the mono-energetic and poly-energetic performances of the SBC.