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Chinese Optics Letters
Vol. 23, Issue 4, 043401 (2025)

Optical characterization of X-ray polymer refractive lenses using a microfocus X-ray grating interferometer

Dongxu Qin¹, Lian Xue², Yifan Ding¹, Ziwen Huang³..., Lei Yang¹, Zhaofeng Kang¹, Keyi Wang^1,* and Shuai Zhao^4,**|Show fewer author(s)

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¹Department of Precision Machinery and Precision Instrument, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China

²Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201204, China

³School of Electrical Engineering and Automation, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei 230009, China

⁴National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230029, China

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Dongxu Qin, Lian Xue, Yifan Ding, Ziwen Huang, Lei Yang, Zhaofeng Kang, Keyi Wang, Shuai Zhao, "Optical characterization of X-ray polymer refractive lenses using a microfocus X-ray grating interferometer," Chin. Opt. Lett. 23, 043401 (2025) Copy Citation Text

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