Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 23, Issue 4, 043401(2025)

Optical characterization of X-ray polymer refractive lenses using a microfocus X-ray grating interferometer

Dongxu Qin1... Lian Xue2, Yifan Ding1, Ziwen Huang3, Lei Yang1, Zhaofeng Kang1, Keyi Wang1,* and Shuai Zhao4,** |Show fewer author(s)
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  • 1Department of Precision Machinery and Precision Instrument, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
  • 2Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201204, China
  • 3School of Electrical Engineering and Automation, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei 230009, China
  • 4National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230029, China
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    Schematic diagram of two-photon polymerization lithography.
    X-ray polymer refractive lens. (a) Geometric parameters of a single lens. (b) 3D model of an X-ray beam being focused through three refractive lenses.
    3D schematic diagram of the experimental setup.
    Microfocus X-ray grating interferometer setup
    Experimental recording images. (a) Image recorded with a microfocus X-ray source. (b) Reference image and (c) inspection image of the lens by X-ray speckle tracking (XST) method recorded at the BL09B beamline of the Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility.
    Characterization of the refractive properties of the polymer refractive lens. (a) The measured beam deflection angles of a single lens αl,m. (b) The measured beam deflection angles of a set of three lenses αl,thr. (c) A comparison of a line plot along the x-axis of the measured beam deflection αl,m and its target value αl,t. (d) The deviation of the beam deflection angle Δαl along the x-axis between the experimental value and the target value.
    The wavefront phase shift of the X-ray transmitted through the lens. (a) A comparison of a line plot along the x-axis of the measured wavefront phase shift Øl,m and target wavefront phase shift Øl,t. (b) The deviation of the wavefront phase shift ΔØl along the x-axis between the experimental value and the target value.
    Reconstructed surface shape result using the DPCI method.
    Reconstructed lens surface shape results. (a) Experimental site at Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility. (b) A comparison of the reconstructed lens surface shape results for a line plot along x-axis between the DPCI and XST methods. (c) The thickness deviation between the DPCI and XST methods.
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    Dongxu Qin, Lian Xue, Yifan Ding, Ziwen Huang, Lei Yang, Zhaofeng Kang, Keyi Wang, Shuai Zhao, "Optical characterization of X-ray polymer refractive lenses using a microfocus X-ray grating interferometer," Chin. Opt. Lett. 23, 043401 (2025)

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    Paper Information

    Category: X-ray Optics

    Received: Sep. 4, 2024

    Accepted: Oct. 24, 2024

    Published Online: Apr. 11, 2025

    The Author Email: Keyi Wang (kywang@ustc.edu.cn), Shuai Zhao (shuai.zhao@ustc.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/COL202523.043401

    CSTR:32184.14.COL202523.043401

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