Although diffractive optics have played a major role in nanoscale soft X-ray imaging, high-resolution and high-efficiency diffractive optics have largely been unavailable for hard X-rays where many ...

In recent years, the push to foster increased technological innovation and basic scientific and engineering interest from the broadest sectors of society has helped to accelerate the development of do ...

Fresnel zone plates (FZPs) are widely used for X-ray focusing and imaging thanks to their compactness and high resolution compared to refractive or mirror-based X-ray optics. However, achieving high ...

An optical tweezer that uses a Fresnel zone plate to trap instead of an objective lens could provide a cheaper and more flexible alternative to conventional optical traps. A team from the US has ...