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Annulus-sector-element coded Gabor zone plate at the x-ray wavelength.

Lai Wei1, Longyu Kuang, Wei Fan

  • 1Research Center of Laser Fusion, National Key Laboratory of Laser Fusion, China Academy of Engineering Physics, P.O. Box 919-986, Mianyang, Sichuan 621900, China.

Optics Express
|November 24, 2011
PubMed
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This paper introduces a novel method for creating x-ray Gabor zone plates using annulus-sector nanostructures. This technique enables the fabrication of binary zone plates with single-order foci, validated by simulations.

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