Single-crystal diamond refractive lens for focusing X-rays in two dimensions

Journal Article · Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2016 · Journal of Synchrotron Radiation

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600577515020639· OSTI ID:1240741

Antipov, S.; Baryshev, Sergey; Butler, J. E.; Antipova, O.; Liu, Zunping; Stoupin, S.

The 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.

• Research Organization: Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Science - Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) - Small Business Innovative Research Grant Program; USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); National Institutes of Health (NIH) - National Institute of General Medical Sciences
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-06CH11357
• OSTI ID: 1240741
• Journal Information: Journal of Synchrotron Radiation, Vol. 23; ISSN 0909-0495
• Publisher: International Union of Crystallography
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English