In the last two decades, after the first light from the new Free Electron Lasers, either in the
UV (FLASH [1] and FERMI@ Elettra [2]) or X-ray (LCLS [3] and SACLA [4]), more and more …

At synchrotron radiation sources, parabolic refractive x‐ray lenses allow one to built both full
field and scanning microscopes in the hard x‐ray range. The latter microscope can be …

The development of 3rd generation synchrotron radiation sources like European
Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) in parallel with recent advances in the technology of …

We address the question of what is the smallest spot size that hard x rays can be focused to
using refractive optics. A thick refractive x-ray lens is considered, whose aperture is …

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 …

Parabolic refractive X-ray lenses are optical components, especially suitable for third-
generation synchrotron radiation sources. This article describes the status of the …

We report a novel type of x-ray interferometer employing a bilens system consisting of two
parallel compound refractive lenses, each of which creates a diffraction limited beam under …

Using micro-fabrication techniques, we have manufactured a single element kinoform lens
in single-crystal silicon with an elliptical profile for 12.398 keV (1??) x-rays. By fabricating a …

Specific features of X-ray compound refractive lens (XCRL) with parabolic profile of concave
surfaces for hard X-ray focusing and micro-imaging are analyzed theoretically. Large …

We report a multilens X-ray interferometer consisting of six parallel arrays of planar
compound refractive lenses, each of which creates a diffraction limited beam under coherent …