Single-crystal diamond refractive lens for focusing X-rays in two dimensions
At a Glance
Section titled āAt a Glanceā| Metadata | Details |
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| Publication Date | 2015-12-15 |
| Journal | Journal of Synchrotron Radiation |
| Authors | Sergey Antipov, Sergey V. Baryshev, J. E. Butler, Olga Antipova, Z. Liu |
| Institutions | Illinois Institute of Technology, Euclid Techlabs (United States) |
| Citations | 26 |
Abstract
Section titled āAbstractāThe fabrication and performance evaluation of single-crystal diamond refractive X-ray lenses of which the surfaces are paraboloids of revolution for focusing X-rays in two dimensions simultaneously are reported. The lenses were manufactured using a femtosecond laser micromachining process and tested using X-ray synchrotron radiation. Such lenses were stacked together to form a standard compound refractive lens (CRL). Owing to the superior physical properties of the material, diamond CRLs could become indispensable wavefront-preserving primary focusing optics for X-ray free-electron lasers and the next-generation synchrotron storage rings. They can be used for highly efficient refocusing of the extremely bright X-ray sources for secondary optical schemes with limited aperture such as nanofocusing Fresnel zone plates and multilayer Laue lenses.