New X-Ray Lenses Developed at IKBFU Research Center

Researchers at IKBFU International Center “Coherent X-Ray optics for Megascience-class plants” completed the first batch of X-ray optic lenses. “SynchrotronLike” complex developed by IKBFU scientists was used to control the product’s quality.
This was already the second order placed by the colleagues in the Novosibirsk research facility. The lens sets will be mounted in positioning systems (transfocators) and will provide control of the synchrotron radiation (SR) beam through remote input-output in the optical axis of a given number of lenses with micron-precision positioning. Such zoom lenses are capable of transmitting and focusing the SR beam, under deep vacuum and extreme thermal stresses.

IKBFU scientists have succeeded in developing a unique technology for micromachining metals, the key element of which is the micro-punching process. Similar to a miniature hole punch, the device presses two punches into a metal billet toward each other in strict alignment preventing impact at a distance of tens of microns. The result is a single biconcave X-ray lens.