Jan:<\/strong> Paper on “Machine Learning Driven Measurement of High-Aspect-Ratio Nanostructures Using Mueller Matrix Spectroscopic Ellipsometry”<\/a> selected as an Editor’s Pick by JVSTB<\/p>\n July:<\/strong> Successful MaGIXS-2<\/a> sounding rocket flight with SNL\/Izentis reflection grating Nov:<\/strong> Congratulations to Mallory Whalen for receiving the R. V. Jones Student Scholarship at the 38th ASPE Annual Meeting! Oct:<\/strong> Press release on Prof. Zuo’s latest work<\/a> Nov:<\/strong> CubeSat Imaging X-Ray Solar Spectrometer (CubIXSS)<\/a>, carrying gold transmission gratings, selected by NASA for launch in 2024! November:<\/strong> Congratulations to Dr. Song to his successful Ph.D. defense! Aug:<\/strong> Lynx<\/a> Concept Study Report submitted to NASA 2020 Astro Decadal Survey Sept:<\/strong> Paper on surface stress fields for thin mirror figure correction selected as Editors’ Pick by JOSA A<\/a> Aug:<\/strong> Arcus<\/a>, a NASA MIDEX mission proposal based on CAT gratings, silicon-pore optics, and x-ray CCDs, has been selected for a Phase A concept study<\/a>.<\/p>\n June:<\/strong> Enhanced high-energy diffraction efficiency demonstrated with atomic-layer-deposition Pt-coated CAT gratings<\/a> 2025 Jan: Paper on “Machine Learning Driven Measurement of High-Aspect-Ratio Nanostructures Using Mueller Matrix Spectroscopic Ellipsometry” selected as an Editor’s Pick by JVSTB 2024 July: Successful MaGIXS-2 sounding rocket flight with SNL\/Izentis reflection grating April: Successful Hi-C Flare sounding rocket flight with SNL\/Izentis reflection grating Feb: Dr. Schattenburg gives invited\u2026 Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/snl.mit.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1304"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/snl.mit.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/snl.mit.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/snl.mit.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/snl.mit.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1304"}],"version-history":[{"count":31,"href":"http:\/\/snl.mit.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1304\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1474,"href":"http:\/\/snl.mit.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1304\/revisions\/1474"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/snl.mit.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}2024<\/h2>\n
\nApril:<\/strong> Successful Hi-C Flare<\/a> sounding rocket flight with SNL\/Izentis reflection grating
\nFeb:<\/strong> Dr. Schattenburg gives invited talk on “metrology challenges for fabrication of high aspect-ratio, nano-scale x-ray diffraction gratings” at SPIE meeting on Advanced Lithography + Patterning in San Jose, CA<\/p>\n2023<\/h2>\n
\nOct:<\/strong> Increased soft x-ray diffraction efficiency with oxidation\/vapor-HF-thinned CAT gratings demonstrated
\nSept:<\/strong> Congratulations to Dr. Yao to his new position at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center!
\nJuly:<\/strong> Congratulations to Dr. Wisniewski to his successful Ph.D. defense!
\nJune:<\/strong> Congratulations to Mallory Whalen to her Master’s degree<\/a>!
\nFeb.<\/strong> (and Oct. 2022): Papers on femtosecond laser micromachining published in Opt. Laser Technol.<\/a> and Optica<\/a><\/p>\n2022<\/h2>\n
\nAug:<\/strong> Soft x-ray resolving power ~ 13,000 demonstrated with two co-aligned CAT gratings made from 200 mm SOI wafers<\/a>
\nAug:<\/strong> The Rocket Experiment Demonstration of a Soft X-ray Polarimeter (REDSoX)<\/a> – carrying CAT gratings and laterally-graded multilayers – was selected by NASA for launch in 2027!
\nJuly:<\/strong> Congratulations to Prof. Zuo<\/a> to her new position at the University of New Mexico!
\nApril:<\/strong> Paper on stress tensor mesostructures for deterministic freeform figuring of thin substrates<\/a> published in Optica. MIT News Press Release<\/a>.<\/p>\n2021<\/h2>\n
\nAug:<\/strong> Congratulations to Dr. Zuo to her successful Ph.D. defense!
\nJuly 30:<\/strong> Successful flight of the Marshall Grazing Incidence X-ray Spectrometer (MaGIXS) sounding rocket<\/a> with variable-period reflection grating!
\nJune:<\/strong> First x-ray data from 6 micron-deep CAT gratings with increased diffraction efficiency (> 40%)
\nJune:<\/strong> New SNL video<\/a>.
\nMarch:<\/strong> SNL featured in NASA Science Technology Highlights<\/a>.<\/p>\n2020<\/h2>\n
\nJuly:<\/strong> Congratulations to Prof. Chalifoux<\/a> to his new position at the University of Arizona!<\/p>\n2019<\/h2>\n
\nFeb:<\/strong> CAT grating paper selected as Editors’ Pick by Applied Optics<\/a><\/p>\n2018<\/h2>\n
\nMarch:<\/strong> Demonstration of CAT grating spectrometer with four co-aligned gratings and two co-aligned silicon pore optics at PANTER<\/a><\/p>\n2017<\/h2>\n
2016<\/h2>\n
\nFeb:<\/strong> Record high soft x-ray grating spectrometer resolving power > 10,000 demonstrated!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"