title: Generation of apodized X-ray illumination and its application to scanning and diffraction microscopy.
abstract: X-ray science has greatly benefited from the progress in X-ray optics. Advances in the design and the manufacturing techniques of X-ray optics are key to the success of various microscopic and spectroscopic techniques practiced today. Here the generation of apodized X-ray illumination using a two-stage deformable Kirkpatrick-Baez mirror system is presented. Such apodized illumination is marked by the suppression of the side-lobe intensities of the focused beam. Thus generated apodized illumination was employed to improve the image quality in scanning X-ray fluorescence microscopy. Imaging of a non-isolated object by coherent X-ray diffractive imaging with apodized illumination in a non-scanning mode is also presented.
authors.affiliation: Research Institute for Electronic Science, Hokkaido University, Kita 21, Nishi 10, Kita-ku, Sapporo 001-0021, Japan.
authors.forename: Krishna P
authors.initials: KP
authors.lastname: Khakurel
authors.affiliation: Research Institute for Electronic Science, Hokkaido University, Kita 21, Nishi 10, Kita-ku, Sapporo 001-0021, Japan.
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kimura
authors.affiliation: JTEC Corporation, Saito-Yamabuki, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0086, Japan.
authors.forename: Hiroki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nakamori
authors.affiliation: Department of Precision Science and Technology, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, 2-1 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan.
authors.forename: Takumi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Goto
authors.affiliation: Department of Precision Science and Technology, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, 2-1 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan.
authors.forename: Satoshi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Matsuyama
authors.affiliation: Research Institute for Electronic Science, Hokkaido University, Kita 21, Nishi 10, Kita-ku, Sapporo 001-0021, Japan.
authors.forename: Tomoya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sasaki
authors.affiliation: Research Institute for Electronic Science, Hokkaido University, Kita 21, Nishi 10, Kita-ku, Sapporo 001-0021, Japan.
authors.forename: Masashi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Takei
authors.affiliation: SPring-8/RIKEN, 1-1-1 Kouto, Sayo-cho, Sayo-gun, Hyogo 679-5148, Japan.
authors.forename: Yoshiki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kohmura
authors.affiliation: SPring-8/RIKEN, 1-1-1 Kouto, Sayo-cho, Sayo-gun, Hyogo 679-5148, Japan.
authors.forename: Tetsuya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ishikawa
authors.affiliation: Department of Precision Science and Technology, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, 2-1 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan.
authors.forename: Kazuto
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yamauchi
authors.affiliation: Research Institute for Electronic Science, Hokkaido University, Kita 21, Nishi 10, Kita-ku, Sapporo 001-0021, Japan.
authors.forename: Yoshinori
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nishino
keywords: X-ray deformable mirrors; apodized X-ray illumination; hard X-ray microscopy