Partially coherent X-ray wavefront propagation simulations including grazing-incidence focusing optics

The implementation and benchmarking of a wave-optics method for the simulation of grazing-incidence mirrors based on the local propagation of the radiation electric field along geometrical rays is described. The proposed method is CPU-efficient, fully compatible with the numerical methods of Fourier optics, and has been implemented in the SRW code.

A short-pulse X-ray beamline for spectroscopy and scattering

The optical design of a beamline dedicated to spectroscopy and scattering with picosecond X-ray pulses generated by the RF deflection of the electrons in a storage ring is described. The requirements for canceling the effect of off-axis radiation lengthening the duration of the picosecond pulses are detailed.