Synchrotron and FEL
Blazed Diffraction Gratings
Inprentus manufactures synchrotron and FEL blazed diffraction gratings for x-ray, UV, VLS, diagnostics, and high-efficiency beamline optics.
Inprentus manufactures synchrotron and FEL blazed diffraction gratings for x-ray and ultraviolet beamline applications Using nano-scale contact-mode lithography, Inprentus creates precision diffractive optics with controlled blazed angles, nanometer-scale pattern placement, and long-format grating capabilities for advanced synchrotron and free-electron laser systems.
High-Efficiency VLS Blazed Diffraction Gratings for Synchrotron and FEL Beamlines
- Custom VLS blazed diffraction gratings for synchrotron and FEL beamlines
- Simulation services for reliable in-beamline grating efficiency predictions
- Diffraction gratings for FEL beamlines diagnostics and pulse monitoring
- Line densities ranging from low-density profiles to thousands of lines per millimeter
- Variable line spacing, or VLS, designs for advanced x-ray and UV optics
- Ultra-low blaze angles, as low as 0.1°, for improved diffraction efficiency
- Large-format gratings up to 500mm in length
- Broad optics design support for custom beamline requirements
VLS Blazed Diffraction Gratings for FEL Applications
High-efficiency mechanically ruled VLS blazed Diffraction Gratings
- Diffraction gratings for beamline diagnostics
- Ultra-low blaze angles for improved efficiency
- Simulation services for reliable predictions of in-beamline grating efficiency
Inprentus manufactures blazed diffraction gratings for x-ray and ultraviolet applications using a nano-scale, contact-mode lithography technique - a method of controlled mechanical deformation of metallic surfaces. This technology is particularly suited to x-ray and UV diffractive optics in which features must be shaped with 0.1-degree angular precision and positioned with nanometer precision over distances of tens of centimeters.
Blaze Angle Profiles
Ultra low blaze angles improve efficiency and can be manufactured by Inprentus. A single unsmoothed AFM trace of a 50 lines/mm grating with a blaze angle of 0.1°
Diagnostic Gratings
Diagnostic gratings can be custom designed to meet the needs of any FEL application. Using the spectral reflection of the coated grating and zeroith order diffraction of the grating, the majority of photons may be passed downstream to the beamlines, with a small fraction being directed into a spectrometer for in-situ diagnostics of each pulse train generated by the laser.
Blaze Angle Profiles
Ultra low blaze angles improve efficiency and can be manufactured by Inprentus. A single unsmoothed AFM trace of a 50 lines/mm grating with a blaze angle of 0.1°
Blaze Facets
Inprentus can create blaze angles below 1.0° with line densities from 50 to over 5000 lines per milimeter.
Simulations
Inprentus simulation services are available with all grating purchases and provide reliable predictions of in-beamline grating efficiency.
RIXS
Resonant Inelastic X-ray Scattering (RIXS) data from Beamline 8.0.1 at the Advanced Light Source at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.