3 papers
physics.optics2026
Free-form diamond refractive optics enable efficient high-energy X-ray nano-imaging
Aknur Karabay, Xianbo Shi, Frank Seiboth +4
Full-field transmission X-ray microscopy (TXM) enables nondestructive three-dimensional imaging of thick and strongly absorbing materials with high spatial resolution. Such capabil…
physics.optics2025
High-quality Blazed Gratings through Synergy between E-Beam lithography and Robust Characterisation Techniques
AnalÃa F. Herrero, Nazanin Samadi, Andrey Sokolov +8
Maintaining the highest quality and output of photon science in the VUV-, EUV-, soft- and tender-X-ray energy ranges requires high-quality blazed profile gratings. Currently, their…
physics.optics2024
Design, fabrication, and testing of diamond axicons for X-ray microscopy applications
Nazanin Samadi, Frank Seiboth, Carlos Sato Baraldi Dias +3
This work presents the design, fabrication, and experimental validation of a refractive diamond axicon for X-ray beam shaping. The diamond axicon was developed to overcome the limi…