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Photonics Research, Volume. 13, Issue 2, 340(2025)

High-order multilayer-coated blazed grating for a high-transmission and high-resolution tender X-ray monochromator/spectrometer

Yeqi Zhuang1, Qiushi Huang1、*, Andrey Sokolov2,4, Stephanie Lemke2, Zhengkun Liu3, Yue Yu1, Igor V. Kozhevnikov1, Runze Qi1, Zhe Zhang1, Zhong Zhang1, Jens Viefhaus2, and Zhanshan Wang1,5
Author Affiliations
  • 1Key Laboratory of Advanced Micro-Structured Materials MOE, Institute of Precision Optical Engineering, School of Physics Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China
  • 2Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie, BESSY-II, 12489 Berlin, Germany
  • 3National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230029, China
  • 4e-mail: andrey.sokolov@helmholtz-berlin.de
  • 5e-mail: wangzs@tongji.edu.cn
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    Yeqi Zhuang, Qiushi Huang, Andrey Sokolov, Stephanie Lemke, Zhengkun Liu, Yue Yu, Igor V. Kozhevnikov, Runze Qi, Zhe Zhang, Zhong Zhang, Jens Viefhaus, Zhanshan Wang, "High-order multilayer-coated blazed grating for a high-transmission and high-resolution tender X-ray monochromator/spectrometer," Photonics Res. 13, 340 (2025)

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    Received: Apr. 11, 2024

    Accepted: Nov. 18, 2024

    Published Online: Jan. 16, 2025

    The Author Email: Qiushi Huang (huangqs@tongji.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.1364/PRJ.523591

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