X-ray photonic microsystems for the manipulation of synchrotron light.
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.
Center for Nanoscale Materials, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA.
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Mukhopadhyay
Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA.
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Walko
Center for Nanoscale Materials, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA.
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Jung
Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA.
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Schwartz
Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA.
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Wang
Center for Nanoscale Materials, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA.
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López
Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA.
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Shenoy