Neutron Gratings and Zone Plates, etc.
Top Unistar's partner XRnanotech designs and manufactures custom micro- and nano-structured optical components for neutron beam shaping and control. Our solutions include high-aspect-ratio Fresnel zone plates (FZP) and compound refractive lenses (CRL) for focusing and collimation, as well as precision phase gratings, absorption gratings, and fork gratings for advanced beam modulation, including orbital angular momentum generation. We offer a range of material options optimized for neutron applications—from silicon (Si) for phase gratings to germanium oxide (Ge₂O₃) for absorption gratings, and nickel (Ni) for Fresnel zone plates. Typically, silicon, nickel, and diamond are well suited for high-performance neutron diffractive optics, ensuring durability, stability, and precise beam shaping.
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Brand: XRnanotech
Introduction
Top Unistar's partner XRnanotech designs and manufactures custom micro- and nanostructured optical components for neutron beam shaping and control. Our solutions include high-aspect-ratio Fresnel zone plates (FZP) and compound refractive lenses (CRL) for focusing and collimation, as well as precision phase gratings, absorption gratings, and fork gratings for advanced beam modulation, including orbital angular momentum generation.
We offer a range of material options optimized for neutron applications—from silicon (Si) for phase gratings to germanium oxide (Ge₂O₃) for absorption gratings, and nickel (Ni) for Fresnel zone plates. Typically, silicon, nickel, and diamond are highly suitable for high-performance neutron diffractive optics, ensuring durability, stability, and precise beam shaping.
Processing examples:
Typical applications:
- Full-field neutron microscopy
- Small-angle neutron scattering
Literature
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This paper revisits the potential of diffractive optical components in neutron beams, based on advanced high-resolution nanolithography techniques developed for the fabrication of X-ray diffractive optical components at synchrotron radiation facilities. The study presents the latest fabrication processes for nickel and silicon Fresnel zone plates and reports proof-of-concept experiments in full-field neutron microscopy and small-angle neutron scattering. Advances in neutron diffractive optics will open new opportunities for neutron technology, improving the efficiency and resolution of existing instruments.
About Top Unistar and XRnanotech
XRnanotechA high-tech enterprise spun off from more than a decade of cutting-edge research and development at the Paul Scherrer Institut in Switzerland, formally established in 2020, dedicated to bringing breakthrough innovations in nanoscale optics to industrial application. Among its subsidiaries, Germany's Mciroworks is particularly adept at using LIGA technology to fabricate high-aspect-ratio micro- and nanostructures.
The company's vision is to empower optical instruments worldwide to fully realize their performance potential and push beyond existing technological boundaries; its mission focuses on developing and manufacturing nanoscale optical components of the highest caliber, achieving ultimate optimization in key metrics such as resolution, efficiency, stability, and structural design.
Its product line includes: extreme ultraviolet (EUV) and X-ray Fresnel zone plates, X-ray phase-contrast gratings, diamond optical components, X-ray micro/nano-resolution test targets, metalenses, and neutron gratings, with applications spanning frontier areas such as X-ray scientific research, materials analysis, and medical imaging. Leveraging its unique Ir-line doubling technology,XRnanotech it can fabricate Fresnel zone plates with resolutions as low as <10nm, and offers a variety of materials, including gold, nickel, silicon (silicon dioxide), iridium, chromium, and even diamond.
TopUnistarAs the exclusive agent in China for the SwissXRnanotechcompany, Top Unistar provides all pre-sales consultation, sales, and after-sales services to Chinese users. Meanwhile, as a professional provider of core components and solutions for extreme ultraviolet (EUV) and X-ray technologies, Top Unistar has already built up a certain inventory ofEUV and X-ray related equipment and core components, enabling rapid delivery to better serve our users. In addition, we have established a well-equippedX-ray open laboratory, furnished with multiple advanced X-ray light source systems, optical components, and detectors, capable of supporting diverse testing, preliminary research, and feasibility demonstration work, including X-ray imaging, phase-contrast imaging, diffraction analysis, fluorescence detection, and X-ray source performance characterization.
We are a team passionate about extreme ultraviolet (EUV) and X-ray technology. If you have any questions you would like to discuss with us, please do not hesitate to contact us directly.
