Research grants, actual
NOB takes part in three research projects:
1. LEAPS-INNOV (2021-2025)
NOB takes part in the sub project "NEXTGRATING". The aim is to develop a new method to produce blazed gratings by grey tone e-beam lithography. This opens up the way for an alternative production technique besides ruling and it might allow to reach higher line densities.
The project partners are PSI, HZB, SOLEIL, ESRF, DESY, DIAMOND, ELETTRA, MAX IV, PTB, RAITH, XRnanotech
This project has received funding from the European Union´s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement no. 101004728.
2. RöMa (X-ray grating spectrometer with mandrel optics for very high detection sensitivity of light elements, 2023-2026)
The overall objective is to research and construct a novel X-ray grating spectrometer for the extreme ultraviolet (XUV) and soft X-ray range with a very high detection sensitivity for light elements such as lithium (Li) and boron (B) and to test it in proof-of-principle experiments. Initial preliminary observations indicate very promising possibilities for increasing the number of detected photons by one to two orders of magnitude compared to the devices currently available by enlarging the solid angle detected. At the same time, the intensity of the interfering higher orders, e.g. oxygen, can be reduced by several orders of magnitude by increasing the reflection angle.
Project Partners: IAP Institute for Applied Photonics, PREVAC
This project receives funding from the European Union´s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement no. 10200785.
3. NEXOCOS (Novel efficient X-ray optics for compact spectrometers in the soft X-ray range using laboratory X-ray sources, 2026-2027)
The aim of the project is to research novel X-ray optics for a high-resolution compact spectrometer in the soft X-ray range, which addresses a broad spectrum of customers from industry and science and is not yet available on the market with the parameters targeted in the project.
For this purpose, the cooperation partner NOB Nano Optics Berlin GmbH is developing novel X-ray optics based on reflection zone plates (RZP) for the soft X-ray range from 100 eV to 1200 eV, which offer high spectral resolution with high efficiency and simultaneous suppression of unwanted higher diffraction orders, as well as short working distances to the source and detector, thus enabling a compact overall design. The use of special curved substrates maintains high spectral resolution across the entire photon energy range imaged. The cooperation partner TU Berlin will create a test setup and integrate and characterise the RZP prototypes in this setup. The aim of these investigations is to demonstrate the suitability of these optics for the compact spectrometer based on current scientific questions.
Project Partners: Technical University Berlin
The project was co-financed by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy. (KK6096001BA5)
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