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The paper deals with the theory of an interesting phenomenon (which has been designated as “anti-reflection”) that the intensity of the transmitted beam may exhibit a peak larger than the background when a Bragg reflection occurs in an absorbing crystal. The theory is based on the dynamical theory of Ewald and Laue. It comes out that the effect is due to a decrease in the effective absorption coefficient of the crystal near the Bragg reflection, and to the consequent increase in the transmitted intensity predominating over the loss of energy by reflection. The anti-reflection peak becomes more prominent, the greater the thickness of the crystal. The results of the theory are found to be in accord with the previous observations of Borrmann and Campbell. The theory further predicts that the peaks in the reflected and transmitted beams would not be coincident and this requires further verification.
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Ramachandran, G.N., Kartha, G. X-Ray anti-reflections in crystals. Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. (Math. Sci.) 35, 145 (1952). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03172231
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03172231