| CPC G01N 23/041 (2018.02) [G21K 1/025 (2013.01); G21K 1/06 (2013.01); G21K 2201/067 (2013.01); G21K 2207/005 (2013.01)] | 12 Claims | 

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               1. A focusing grating device for focusing in a first focusing direction and a second focusing direction for an X-ray radiation beam, the first focusing direction being different from the second focusing direction, the focusing grating device comprising: 
            a stack comprising a substrate and a resist layer; 
                wherein the stack is bent in the first focusing direction; 
                wherein a lithographic process on the stack is performed while the substrate is bent in the first focusing direction; 
                wherein a grating material is electroplated to form grating features; 
                wherein the bending of the stack is substantially reversed, and 
                wherein after said reversing the bending, a further bending of the stack is applied to induce the second focusing direction. 
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