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  • Optics and X-ray imaging
  • Materials science and nanotechnology

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  • Polycapillary optics focus X-rays using bent glass capillaries, creating a focal spot (10-100 μm) that limits resolution in X-ray imaging.
  • The internal microstructure of polycapillary optics has been explored as a coded aperture for high-resolution imaging, but requires custom fabrication.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To demonstrate submicron coded aperture microscopy using standard polycapillary optics and a periodic grid.
  • To enable high-resolution X-ray imaging without relying on the specific internal microstructure of the optics.

Main Methods:

  • Utilizing a periodic grid placed at the output surface of standard polycapillary optics.
  • Leveraging the focusing properties of polycapillary optics for X-ray coded aperture microscopy.

Main Results:

  • Achieved submicron resolution X-ray imaging with standard polycapillary devices.
  • Grid-enhanced coded aperture microscopy is independent of the specific microstructure of the polycapillary optics.

Conclusions:

  • Submicron X-ray imaging is feasible with standard polycapillary optics and a simple output grid.
  • This approach enhances micro X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy capabilities by enabling high-resolution imaging with existing setups.