The artificial Bragg structures (ABS) studied in this book have revolutionized X-ray optics. They are based on (quasi-) periodic stacks of nanoscale thin films with periods close to the wavelength of the radiation.

X-ray Radiation and Artificial Bragg Structures presents the historical prolegomena relating to X-ray sources and the initial development of ABS. It analyzes the modeling of ABS characteristics and performance, and their optimization. It also presents matrix and recursive methods, coupled-wave theory and scattering theory.

This book also examines ABSs as seats for special quantum and magneto-optic phenomena. It discusses the application of ABSs, as well as promising developments in EUV lithography and the realization of new X-ray sources. Finally, it presents the prospects offered by ABSs in the near future, particularly in the field of coherent sources and X-ray lasers.

Jean-Michel André holds a doctorate in engineering from the Université Pierre et Marie Curie, France. He is a former CNRS engineer and, in 2011, was awarded the instrumentation prize of the Société française de physique and the Société chimique de France.

Philippe Jonnard is CNRS Research Director at LCPMR, France. He is a specialist in X-ray spectroscopy, and studies the stacking of nanometric thin films using innovative X-ray methods.