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ArticleJournal of synchrotron radiation2024

Ion beam figuring for X-ray mirrors: history, state-of-the-art and future prospects.

Riley Shurvinton, Hongchang Wang, Paresh Pradhan, Ioana Theodora Nistea, Simon Alcock, Murilo Bazan Da Silva, Arindam Majhi, 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. Cited by 4 papers.

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4 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. Speckle-based curvature optical metrology.Light, science & applications · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors.

Riley ShurvintonDiamond Light Source, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot OX11 0DE, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0001-5122-0693
Hongchang WangDiamond Light Source, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot OX11 0DE, United Kingdom.
Paresh PradhanDiamond Light Source, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot OX11 0DE, United Kingdom.
Ioana Theodora NisteaDiamond Light Source, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot OX11 0DE, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0003-3499-216X
Simon AlcockDiamond Light Source, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot OX11 0DE, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0003-2932-5047
Murilo Bazan Da SilvaDiamond Light Source, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot OX11 0DE, United Kingdom.
Arindam MajhiDiamond Light Source, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot OX11 0DE, United Kingdom.
Kawal SawhneyDiamond Light Source, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot OX11 0DE, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0001-6593-7740

Funding

European Union's Horizon 2020 101004758UK Space Agency ETP01-040
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Synchrotron light sources require X-ray optics with extremely demanding accuracy for the surface profile, with less than 100 nrad slope errors and sub-nanometre height errors. Such errors are challenging to achieve for aspheres using traditional polishing methods. However, post-polishing error correction can be performed using techniques such as ion beam figuring (IBF) to improve optics to the desired quality. This work presents a brief overview of the history of IBF, introduces some of the challenges for obtaining such demanding figure errors, and highlights the work done at several in-house IBF facilities at synchrotron light sources worldwide to obtain state-of-the-art optical quality.

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ion beam figuringsynchrotron radiationX-ray mirrorsX-ray optics

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PMID38771776
PMCPMC11226173

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