X-ray Waveguides

A waveguide is a physical structure which guides electromagnetic waves of the desired wavelength. A dielectric slab waveguide consists of three layers with different dielectric constants (refractive indices).

We have produced different thin film wave guided structures for Prof. Salditt from the University of Göttingen. The guiding layer consists of a light element with a thickness ranging from a few nm up to several 10 nm and is embedded between two reflecting layers with a thickness also amounting to several 10 nm. The structures are deposited on a suitable substrate and covered with a thick top layer.

For more details on these kinds of waveguides please refer to the following publication High-Transmission Planar X-Ray Waveguides, Salditt et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 100 (2008) 184801.