X-Ray optics can be broadly classified as being either reflective or transmissive, with either broad or narrow band pass, configured to be either non-focusing or focusing. Multilayers which reflect (diffract) soft x-rays with intermediate resolution, which can be elastically bent into either convex, non-focusing or concave, focusing geometries, are of interest in this work. Preparation and characteristics of the multilayers are described with the experimental details of the concave and convex geometries following in the succeeding two sections.
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