“Wave-optical theory of nano-focusing x-ray multilayer mirrors” by Markus Osterhoff

Osterhoff2012

• Wave-optical theory of nano-focusing x-ray multilayer mirrors
• M. Osterhoff C. Morawe C. Ferrero J.P. Guigay
• doi:10.1364/OL.37.003705
• Optics Letters, 37 (17), 3705–3707

• We have derived a wave-optical model of curved nanofocusing x-ray multilayer mirrors used at synchrotron radiation sources, using a Takagi–Taupin-like approach. In a first approximation, the individual layers are assumed to be confocal elliptical. This assumption leads to a convenient spatial description in elliptical coordinates. As a first optimization, we study a rotation-like modification and compare numerical simulations to established results for planar multilayers.

• dynamical diffraction, x-ray nanofocusing
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