• Media type: E-Article
  • Title: Nanofocusing parabolic refractive x-ray lenses
  • Contributor: Schroer, C. G.; Kuhlmann, M.; Hunger, U. T.; Günzler, T. F.; Kurapova, O.; Feste, S.; Frehse, F.; Lengeler, B.; Drakopoulos, M.; Somogyi, A.; Simionovici, A. S.; Snigirev, A.; Snigireva, I.; Schug, C.; Schröder, W. H.
  • imprint: AIP Publishing, 2003
  • Published in: Applied Physics Letters
  • Language: English
  • DOI: 10.1063/1.1556960
  • ISSN: 0003-6951; 1077-3118
  • Keywords: Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)
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  • Description: <jats:p>Parabolic refractive x-ray lenses with short focal distance can generate intensive hard x-ray microbeams with lateral extensions in the 100 nm range even at a short distance from a synchrotron radiation source. We have fabricated planar parabolic lenses made of silicon that have a focal distance in the range of a few millimeters at hard x-ray energies. In a crossed geometry, two lenses were used to generate a microbeam with a lateral size of 380 nm by 210 nm at 25 keV in a distance of 42 m from the synchrotron radiation source. Using diamond as the lens material, microbeams with a lateral size down to 20 nm and below are conceivable in the energy range from 10 to 100 keV.</jats:p>