The dual-wavelength system is attractive to crystallographers, chemists and material scientists who deal with various kinds of samples. It is critical to select an X-ray wavelength that is best suited to intended samples.
It is well known that selecting a suitable X-ray source is essential to successful experiments. However, changing the X-ray source requires tedious and time consuming steps.
A newly developed dual-wavelength rotating anode system, MicroMax DW (Dual Wavelength), makes it possible to use 2 different wavelengths without exchanging the target and therefore greatly extended its applicable area. It eliminates troublesome operations such as a target replacement by placing two types of materials on the surface of one target. With MicroMax DW, switching an X-ray source to another can be accomplished without any difficulty. Furthermore, this system works well on tiny crystals because a high brilliance X-ray beam can be irradiated to a sample.