Reconstruction of the near-field distribution in an X-ray waveguide array

Intensive X-ray standing-wave-like fields localized near a surface of a crystalline superlattice

A peculiar kind of intensive X-ray standing wave is analytically shown to exist. Such an X-ray interference field is localized in the vicinity of a surface of a crystalline superlattice and its amplitude decays exponentially in both directions perpendicular to the surface. The appearance of the standing wave is accompanied by a deep dip in a chosen Bragg peak of the superlattice.

Introduction to the special issue on high-resolution X-ray diffraction and imaging

The latest virtual special issue of Journal of Applied Crystallography features some highlights of the 13th Biennial Conference on High-Resolution X-ray Diffraction and Imaging (XTOP 2016), held in Brno, Czech Republic, in September 2016.