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Jan Panteltje
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An achromatic X-ray lens:
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-28902-8
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-28902-8
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Rich S
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On Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 5:39:26 AM UTC, Jan Panteltje wrote:
Very interesting, thanks Joerg.
So slick that at these wavelengths, you
can make refractive optics out of....
plastic. (acrylic?). What a deal.
Must be cheaper than those at the \"other
end \", IR...
(diamond-like carbon coated germanium).
cheers, RS
An achromatic X-ray lens:
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-28902-8
Very interesting, thanks Joerg.
So slick that at these wavelengths, you
can make refractive optics out of....
plastic. (acrylic?). What a deal.
Must be cheaper than those at the \"other
end \", IR...
(diamond-like carbon coated germanium).
cheers, RS
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Rich S
Guest
On Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 5:39:26 AM UTC, Jan Panteltje wrote:
Very interesting , Jan, Thanks!
So slick that at these wavelengths, you can make
refractive optics out of... plastic. (acrylic?).
Must be much cheaper than those at the \"other end\",
IR. (diamond-like carbon coated Germanium).
cheers, RS
An achromatic X-ray lens:
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-28902-8
Very interesting , Jan, Thanks!
So slick that at these wavelengths, you can make
refractive optics out of... plastic. (acrylic?).
Must be much cheaper than those at the \"other end\",
IR. (diamond-like carbon coated Germanium).
cheers, RS
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whit3rd
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On Wednesday, March 16, 2022 at 7:37:57 AM UTC-7, Rich S wrote:
This is a niche application, however; it presumes a beam of broad-spectrum
X-rays, of sufficient intensity to be useful at imaging.
So, there\'s a relativistic synchro-cyclotron taking up an acre next to the tiny little
lens. Also, it isn\'t the X-ray laser that\'s being used for illumination, because
that\'s presumably not polychromatic enough to matter, but a plain old
wiggler. The resolution claimed is about on par with visible-light microscopes.
On Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 5:39:26 AM UTC, Jan Panteltje wrote:
An achromatic X-ray lens:
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-28902-8
Very interesting , Jan, Thanks!
So slick that at these wavelengths, you can make
refractive optics out of... plastic. (acrylic?).
This is a niche application, however; it presumes a beam of broad-spectrum
X-rays, of sufficient intensity to be useful at imaging.
So, there\'s a relativistic synchro-cyclotron taking up an acre next to the tiny little
lens. Also, it isn\'t the X-ray laser that\'s being used for illumination, because
that\'s presumably not polychromatic enough to matter, but a plain old
wiggler. The resolution claimed is about on par with visible-light microscopes.
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Jeroen Belleman
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On 2022-03-17 00:50, whit3rd wrote:
The PSI synchrotron light source has experiments installed in multiple
stations all around it. This was just one of them. Synchrotron light
is useful for lots of things in material science, biology, chemistry,
pure physics, et j\'en passe.
Lots of countries want their own. I remember there was some competition
on the European level whether to finance either the British Diamond light
source, or the French Soleil. In the end, both got built. And France has
another near Grenoble. They must be good for something...
Jeroen Belleman
On Wednesday, March 16, 2022 at 7:37:57 AM UTC-7, Rich S wrote:
On Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 5:39:26 AM UTC, Jan Panteltje wrote:
An achromatic X-ray lens:
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-28902-8
Very interesting , Jan, Thanks!
So slick that at these wavelengths, you can make
refractive optics out of... plastic. (acrylic?).
This is a niche application, however; it presumes a beam of broad-spectrum
X-rays, of sufficient intensity to be useful at imaging.
So, there\'s a relativistic synchro-cyclotron taking up an acre next to the tiny little
lens. Also, it isn\'t the X-ray laser that\'s being used for illumination, because
that\'s presumably not polychromatic enough to matter, but a plain old
wiggler. The resolution claimed is about on par with visible-light microscopes.
The PSI synchrotron light source has experiments installed in multiple
stations all around it. This was just one of them. Synchrotron light
is useful for lots of things in material science, biology, chemistry,
pure physics, et j\'en passe.
Lots of countries want their own. I remember there was some competition
on the European level whether to finance either the British Diamond light
source, or the French Soleil. In the end, both got built. And France has
another near Grenoble. They must be good for something...
Jeroen Belleman