Microfabrication of X-ray Optics by Metal Assisted Chemical Etching: A Review [PDF]
Micromachines, 2020 High-aspect-ratio silicon micro- and nanostructures are technologically relevant in several applications, such as microelectronics, microelectromechanical systems, sensors, thermoelectric materials, battery anodes, solar cells, photonic devices, and X ...
Lucia Romano, Marco Stampanoni
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ShadowOui: a new visual environment for X-ray optics and synchrotron beamline simulations. [PDF]
J Synchrotron Radiat, 2016 ShadowOui is introduced, a new computer environment for X-ray optics, beamline simulations and virtual experiments using the ray-tracing code SHADOW.
Rebuffi L, Sánchez Del Río M.
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X-ray optics for the cavity-based X-ray free-electron laser [PDF]
Journal of Synchrotron RadiationA cavity-based X-ray free-electron laser (CBXFEL) is a possible future direction in the development of fully coherent X-ray sources. CBXFELs consist of a low-emittance electron source, a magnet system with several undulators and chicanes, and an X-ray ...
Peifan Liu +15 more
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A hybrid method for X-ray optics simulation: combining geometric ray-tracing and wavefront propagation. [PDF]
J Synchrotron Radiat, 2014 A new ’Hybrid Method’ combining ray-tracing and wavefront propagation for X-ray optics simulation is reported. The code is fast and can handle partially coherent sources, making it a useful tool for beamline design and optimization.
Shi X +3 more
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Anisotropic elasticity of silicon and its application to the modelling of X-ray optics. [PDF]
J Synchrotron Radiat, 2014 Anisotropic elasticity of single-crystal silicon, applications to modelling of a bent X-ray mirror, and thermal deformation of a liquid-nitrogen-cooled monochromator crystal are presented.
Zhang L +4 more
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Dynamic motion trajectory control with nanoradian accuracy for multi-element X-ray optical systems via laser interferometry [PDF]
Light: Science & ApplicationsThe past decades have witnessed the development of new X-ray beam sources with brightness growing at a rate surpassing Moore’s law. Current and upcoming diffraction limited and fully coherent X-ray beam sources, including multi-bend achromat based ...
Sina M. Koehlenbeck +16 more
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Confocal X-ray technology based on capillary X-ray optics
Reviews in Analytical Chemistry, 2015 Capillary X-ray optics is versatile, and it can be used with synchrotron radiation source, conventional X-ray source, laser-plasma ultrafast X-ray source, and so forth.
Sun Tianxi, Ding Xunliang
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Development of the Nanobeam X-ray Experiments instrument at PAL-XFEL [PDF]
Journal of Synchrotron RadiationA Nanobeam X-ray Experiments (NXE) instrument was developed and installed at the hard X-ray beamline of the Pohang Accelerator Laboratory X-ray Free Electron Laser.
Jangwoo Kim +15 more
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Journal of Synchrotron Radiation, 2023 Differential deposition by DC magnetron sputtering was applied to correct for figure errors of X-ray mirrors to be deployed on low-emittance synchrotron beamlines. During the deposition process, the mirrors were moved in front of a beam-defining aperture
Patrice Bras +5 more
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The Athena x-ray optics development and accommodation
International Conference on Space Optics, 2021 The Athena mission, under study and preparation by ESA as its second Large-class science mission, requires the largest X-ray optics ever flown, building on a novel optics technology based on mono crystalline silicon.
M. Bavdaz +34 more
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