X-ray counterparts of visible light optical elements are notoriously difficult to realize because the refractive index of all materials is close to unity. It has now been demonstrated that curved waveguides fabricated on a silicon chip can channel and deflect X-ray beams by consecutive grazing reflections.
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Pelliccia, D. Bending X-rays with nanochannels. Nature Photon 10, 75–77 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/nphoton.2015.275
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