Formation of x-ray images by means of thermal action of a light beam on the surface of a diffracting crystal

The results of experimental investigations of the formation of the spatial structure of x-ray diffraction beams (x-ray images) from the KDP crystal surface under its illumination by a light beam spatially modulated in intensity are presented. A simulation of the x-ray image, depending on the parameters of the diffraction peak of a crystal and on the conditions of the creation of a temperature deformation field at its surface, has been carried out.