Innovative x-ray optics for laboratory

We report on recent developments of innovative grazing incidence X-ray optics for laboratory applications. These efforts focus on the developments of grazing incidence micromirrors with ellipsoidal and paraboloidal profiles and apertures well below 1 mm, as well as on the developments of innovative arrangements and approaches such as X-ray collimators based on the Lobster Eye X-ray lenses. The applications of these elements will be indicated and discussed. Moreover, we will discuss the innovative alternative technologies for X-ray optics elements in study and-or under considerations