VLS Diffraction Gratings for Synchrotrons
High efficiency mechanically ruled VLS blazed diffraction gratings
Simulation services for reliable predictions of in-beamline grating efficiency
Line densities at thousands of lines per millimeter
Variable line spacing (VLS)
Blaze angles as low as 0.1 degree
Large gratings up to 500 mm in length
Broad range of optics design capabilities
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
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.