title: Focusing light with a reflection photon sieve.
abstract: An advanced type of diffractive optical element is presented that combines the concept of the photon sieve with an off-axis, off-normal incidence reflection geometry. Compared to transmission optical elements, the signal-to-background ratio is significantly increased by separating the first from other diffraction orders without drastically reducing the size of the smallest diffractive element. The reflection photon sieve produces sharp foci at maximum contrast and offers the advantages of effective heat dissipation and a large working space above the focal plane. Experimental results for a device working at a photon energy of 100 eV are presented and compared to theory.
authors: Institute of Experimental and Applied Physics, University of Kiel, D-24098 Kiel, Germany. kallaene@physik.uni‐kiel.de
authors: Matthias
authors: M
authors: Kalläne
authors: Jens
authors: J
authors: Buck
authors: Sönke
authors: S
authors: Harm
authors: Ralph
authors: R
authors: Seemann
authors: Kai
authors: K
authors: Rossnagel
authors: Lutz
authors: L
authors: Kipp