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    Measurements of square-pore microchannel plates (MCPs) reveal surface roughness and channel misalignment limit x-ray focusing capabilities. These findings are crucial for advancing grazing incidence x-ray optics applications.

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    Area of Science:

    • Optics
    • Materials Science
    • Astrophysics

    Background:

    • Microchannel plates (MCPs) are essential components in grazing incidence x-ray optics.
    • Optimizing MCP surface properties is critical for enhancing x-ray focusing performance.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To measure the x-ray focusing properties of square-pore MCPs.
    • To characterize the surface microroughness and geometric alignment of MCP channels.

    Main Methods:

    • Utilized profilometry to measure surface microroughness along and transverse to MCP channel axes.
    • Analyzed the spatial frequency and autocorrelation of surface roughness.
    • Assessed the impact of geometric misalignments on angular resolution.

    Main Results:

    • Identified high microroughness (5.9 nm rms) transverse to the channel axis, with a Gaussian autocorrelation function (1.41 micrometer correlation length).
    • Found low microroughness parallel to the channel axis.
    • Determined that geometric misalignments limit angular resolution to 7.1 arcminutes.

    Conclusions:

    • Square-pore MCPs exhibit surface characteristics that influence their x-ray focusing capabilities.
    • Channel misalignments are a primary limitation for achieving high angular resolution in current MCP samples.
    • Further research into MCP fabrication and alignment is needed for improved x-ray optic performance.