Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 134801 (2007) [4 pages]

Using Compound Kinoform Hard-X-Ray Lenses to Exceed the Critical Angle Limit

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K. Evans-Lutterodt^*, A. Stein, J. M. Ablett, and N. Bozovic^†
Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA

A. Taylor and D. M. Tennant^‡
Lucent Technologies, 600 Mountain Avenue, Murray Hill, New Jersey 07974, USA

Received 9 January 2007; published 28 September 2007

We have fabricated and tested a compound lens consisting of an array of four kinoform lenses for hard x-ray photons of 11.3 keV. Our data demonstrate that it is possible to exceed the critical angle limit by using multiple lenses, while retaining lens function, and this suggests a route to practical focusing optics for hard x-ray photons with nanometer scale resolution and below.

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http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.99.134801

DOI:

10.1103/PhysRevLett.99.134801

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41.50.+h, 07.85.Tt

^*Corresponding author.

kenne@bnl.gov

^†Present address: San Jose State University, San Jose, CA 95192, USA.

^‡Present address: Cornell Nanofabrication Facility, Ithaca, NY 14850, USA.

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Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 134801 (2007) [4 pages]

Using Compound Kinoform Hard-X-Ray Lenses to Exceed the Critical Angle Limit

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