'Exact' formulation for pi-polarization waves of dynamical X-ray diffraction.
Self-consistent formulae for treating the pi-polarization waves in two-beam X-ray diffraction from single crystals are refined within the Laue formalism. These formulae overcome the inverted Delta.D not equal 0 problem and avoid all the unnecessary approximations in previous dynamical theories. Therefore, they are as accurate as the formulae for sigma-polarization waves.