Abstract: International audience; We propose a crystal configuration using a single Laue spherical crystal for imaging applications. A crystal in Laue geometry set to focus a divergent beam in the meridional (diffraction) plane, but does not focus in the sagittal plane. A transmission object placed in the beam is imaged with different horizontal and vertical aspect ratio, but it is possible to find a configuration with similar aspect ratio. This system is studied using ray tracing, which permit to reproduce preliminary experimental data [1]. The concept ...
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