Abstract
Results of experimental investigation for application carbon nanotubes (CNT) array in a pyroelectric X-ray source are presented. It is shown that CNT allows increasing X-ray yield and energy, but the orientation of CNT array should be taken into account since the accidentally oriented CNT array is more efficient. Also, an optimal residual gas pressure condition for the pyroelectric X-ray source with CNT arrays has been found. It has been determined that the maximum of X-ray yield observed at 0.1 mTorr. Effects that lead to an increasing of the X-ray yield and perspectives of the pyroelectric source with CNT arrays are discussed.