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X-ray photonic microsystems for the manipulation of synchrotron light

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  • D. Mukhopadhyay

    (Center for Nanoscale Materials, Argonne National Laboratory)

  • D. A. Walko

    (Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory)

  • I. W. Jung

    (Center for Nanoscale Materials, Argonne National Laboratory)

  • C. P. Schwartz

    (Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory)

  • Jin Wang

    (Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory)

  • D. López

    (Center for Nanoscale Materials, Argonne National Laboratory)

  • G. K. Shenoy

    (Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory)

Abstract

Photonic microsystems played an essential role in the development of integrated photonic devices, thanks to their unique spatiotemporal control and spectral shaping capabilities. Similar capabilities to markedly control and manipulate X-ray radiation are highly desirable but practically impossible due to the massive size of the silicon single-crystal optics currently used. Here we show that micromechanical systems can be used as X-ray optics to create and preserve the spatial, temporal and spectral correlation of the X-rays. We demonstrate that, as X-ray reflective optics they can maintain the wavefront properties with nearly 100% reflectivity, and as a dynamic diffractive optics they can generate nanosecond time windows with over 100-kHz repetition rates. Since X-ray photonic microsystems can be easily incorporated into lab-based and next-generation synchrotron X-ray sources, they bring unprecedented design flexibility for future dynamic and miniature X-ray optics for focusing, wavefront manipulation, multicolour dispersion, and pulse slicing.

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  • D. Mukhopadhyay & D. A. Walko & I. W. Jung & C. P. Schwartz & Jin Wang & D. López & G. K. Shenoy, 2015. "X-ray photonic microsystems for the manipulation of synchrotron light," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 6(1), pages 1-7, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:6:y:2015:i:1:d:10.1038_ncomms8057
    DOI: 10.1038/ncomms8057
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