Hard x-ray nanofocusing by multilayer Laue lenses

H Yan, R Conley, N Bouet, YS Chu - Journal of Physics D …, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
Multilayer Laue lens (MLL) is a new class of x-ray optics that offer great promise for
achieving nanometre-level spatial resolution by focusing hard x-rays. Fabricating an MLL via …

11 nm hard X-ray focus from a large-aperture multilayer Laue lens

X Huang, H Yan, E Nazaretski, R Conley, N Bouet… - Scientific reports, 2013 - nature.com
The focusing performance of a multilayer Laue lens (MLL) with 43.4 μm aperture, 4 nm finest
zone width and 4.2 mm focal length at 12 keV was characterized with X-rays using …

Multilayer Optics for Synchrotron Applications

W Singhapong, C Bowen, H Wang… - Advanced Materials …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
X‐ray multilayer optics play a vital role in synchrotron optics due to their ability to generate
constructive interference. These devices typically consist of several tens to hundreds of …

Multimodality hard-x-ray imaging of a chromosome with nanoscale spatial resolution

H Yan, E Nazaretski, K Lauer, X Huang, U Wagner… - Scientific Reports, 2016 - nature.com
We developed a scanning hard x-ray microscope using a new class of x-ray nano-focusing
optic called a multilayer Laue lens and imaged a chromosome with nanoscale spatial …

First-principles computational study of highly stable and active ternary PtCuNi nanocatalyst for oxygen reduction reaction

SH Noh, B Han, T Ohsaka - Nano Research, 2015 - Springer
Using density functional theory (DFT) calculations, we rationally designed metallic
nanocatalysts with ternary transition metals for oxygen reduction reactions (ORRs) in fuel …

Achieving hard X-ray nanofocusing using a wedged multilayer Laue lens

X Huang, R Conley, N Bouet, J Zhou, A Macrander… - Optics express, 2015 - opg.optica.org
We report on the fabrication and the characterization of a wedged multilayer Laue lens for x-
ray nanofocusing. The lens was fabricated using a sputtering deposition technique, in which …

Design and performance of a scanning ptychography microscope

E Nazaretski, X Huang, H Yan, K Lauer… - Review of Scientific …, 2014 - pubs.aip.org
We have designed and constructed a dedicated instrument to perform ptychography
measurements and characterization of multilayer Laue lenses nanofocusing optics. The …

Achieving diffraction-limited nanometer-scale X-ray point focus with two crossed multilayer Laue lenses: alignment challenges

H Yan, X Huang, N Bouet, J Zhou, E Nazaretski… - Optics …, 2017 - opg.optica.org
We discuss misalignment-induced aberrations in a pair of crossed multilayer Laue lenses
used for achieving a nanometer-scale x-ray point focus. We thoroughly investigate the …

Multilayer Laue lens: A brief history and current status

R Conley, N Bouet, YS Chu, X Huang… - Synchrotron …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
X-rays are intrinsically capable of being used for the study of non-periodic objects with
atomic resolution, with high penetration, in applied electromagnetic fields, and in fluids and …

Novel figuring method for a multilayer Laue lens

B Ji, S Yue, L Zhou, M Li, G Chang - Optics Express, 2022 - opg.optica.org
A new, to the best of our knowledge, figuring method for a multilayer Laue lens (MLL) in the
hard X-ray region is proposed in this paper. Theoretical simulation at 20 keV shows that the …