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ArticleJournal of synchrotron radiation2024

Wavefront analysis and phase correctors design using SHADOW.

Hossein Khosroabadi, David Laundy, Vishal Dhamgaye, Kawal Sawhney

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Article in Journal of synchrotron radiation, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 authors.

Hossein KhosroabadiDiamond Light Source, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot OX11 0DE, United Kingdom.
David LaundyDiamond Light Source, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot OX11 0DE, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-7354-5824
Vishal DhamgayeDiamond Light Source, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot OX11 0DE, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-4919-8957
Kawal SawhneyDiamond Light Source, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot OX11 0DE, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0001-6593-7740

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Abstract

Knife-edge imaging is a successful method for determining the wavefront distortion of focusing optics such as Kirkpatrick-Baez mirrors or compound refractive lenses. In this study, the wavefront error of an imperfect elliptical mirror is predicted by developing a knife-edge program using the SHADOW/OASYS platform. It is shown that the focusing optics can be aligned perfectly by minimizing the parabolic and cubic coefficients of the wavefront error. The residual wavefront error provides precise information about the figure/height errors of the focusing optics suggesting it as an accurate method for in situ optical metrology. A Python program is developed to design a customized wavefront refractive corrector to minimize the residual wavefront error. Uniform beam at and out of focus and higher peak intensity are achieved by the wavefront correction in comparison with ideal focusing. The developed code provides a quick way for wavefront error analysis and corrector design for non-ideal optics especially for the new-generation diffraction-limited sources, and saves considerable experimental time and effort.

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knife-edge imagingray-tracing simulationrefractive wavefront correctorwavefront errorX-ray optics

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PMID38652579
PMCPMC11075714

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