Hui Jiang PhD. Doctoral Supervisor / Researcher

Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility

Shanghai Advanced Research Institute

Chinese Academy of Sciences


239 Zhangheng Road, Pudong District,
Shanghai 201204
China


Research Areas

X-ray Nanofocusing, X-ray Imaging, Intelligent Imaging, Adaptive Optics, Thin-film Optics, X-ray Scattering


Education

March 2009 – May 2012 King’s College London Ph.D. September 2006 – December 2008 Tongji University Master of Science (M.S.) September 2002 – June 2006 Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics Bachelor of Science (B.S.)


Experience

   
Work Experience
October 2018 – Present Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences Research Professor June 2012 – October 2018 Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences Associate Research Professor


Publications

   
Papers

1. Development and testing of a dual-frequency real-time hardware feedback system for the hard X-ray nanoprobe beamline of the SSRF. *Journal of Synchrotron Radiation*, 2025.  

**2nd author, Corresponding author**


2. X-ray speckle reduction using a high-speed piezoelectric deformable mirror system. *High Power Laser Science and Engineering*, 2025.  

**2nd author, Corresponding author**


3. The hard X-ray nanoprobe beamline at the SSRF. *Nuclear Science and Techniques*, 2024.  

**2nd author**


4. Effect of annealing on stress, microstructure, and interfaces of NiV/B₄C multilayers. *Coatings*, 2024.  

**3rd author**


5. Annealing process-induced microstructural variation in NiV/B₄C multilayers. *Applied Sciences-Basel*, 2024.  

**5th author**


6. An active piezoelectric plane X-ray focusing mirror with a linearly changing thickness. *Journal of Synchrotron Radiation*, 2024.  

**2nd author, Corresponding author**


7. Multilayer Kirkpatrick-Baez focusing mirrors with phase compensation for sub-20 nm focusing at the hard X-ray nanoprobe beamline of SSRF. *Optics Express*, 2024.  

**1st author, Corresponding author**


8. Deep learning for estimation of Kirkpatrick-Baez mirror alignment errors. *Nuclear Science and Techniques*, 2023.  

**2nd author, Corresponding author**


9. **空间X射线反射式聚焦系统的同步辐射表征技术** (Characterization of space X-ray reflective focusing systems using synchrotron radiation). *Acta Aeronautica et Astronautica Sinica*, 2023.  

**3rd author, Corresponding author**


10. **X射线衍射极限纳米聚焦的前沿进展** (Frontier development of X-ray diffraction-limited nanofocusing). *Acta Optica Sinica*, 2022.  

**1st author**


11. Asymmetric interface and growth mechanism in sputtered W/Si and WSi₂/Si multilayers. *Applied Surface Science*, 2022.  

**6th author**


12. Influence of photon beam and motor vibrations on at-wavelength X-ray speckle scanning metrology. *Frontiers in Physics*, 2022.  

**2nd author, Corresponding author**


13. In situ GISAXS study on the temperature-dependent performance of multilayer monochromators from the liquid nitrogen cooling temperature to 600 °C. *Applied Surface Science*, 2020.  

**1st author**


14. Influence of diffuser grain size on the speckle tracking technique. *Journal of Synchrotron Radiation*, 2020.  

**2nd author, Corresponding author**


15. High-precision speckle-tracking X-ray imaging with adaptive subset size choices. *Scientific Reports*, 2020.  

**2nd author, Corresponding author**


16. **用于同步辐射的硬X射线相位补偿镜的研究** (Study on phase compensation mirror used for hard X-ray synchrotron radiation). *Acta Optica Sinica*, 2020.  

**2nd author, Corresponding author**


17. Spectral purity Al/Yb/Al filter for vacuum ultraviolet at 50 to 100 nm. *Optical Engineering*, 2020.  

**3rd author, Corresponding author**


18. Interface study of Sc/Si multilayers. *Applied Surface Science*, 2020.  

**3rd author, Corresponding author**


19. Studies on the stress and thermal properties of Mo/B₄C and MoₓC₁₋ₓ/B₄C multilayers. *Materials Research Express*, 2020.  

**4th author, Corresponding author**


20. Interface study on the effect of carbon and boron carbide diffusion barriers in Sc/Si multilayer system. *ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces*, 2020.  

**3rd author, Corresponding author**


21. Extraction of medium-spatial-frequency interfacial waviness and inner structure from X-ray multilayers using the speckle scanning technique. *Optical Materials Express*, 2019.  

**1st author, Corresponding author**


22. A piezoelectric deformable X-ray mirror for phase compensation based on global optimization. *Journal of Synchrotron Radiation*, 2019.  

**1st author, Corresponding author**


23. Preliminary in situ teeth study of the narrow-ridged finless porpoises remains using microsynchrotron radiation X-ray fluorescence and laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. *X-Ray Spectrometry*, 2018.  

**7th author**


24. Thickness-dependent structural characteristics for a sputtering-deposited chromium monolayer and Cr/C and Cr/Sc multilayers. *Journal of Synchrotron Radiation*, 2018.  

**1st author, Corresponding author**


25. Nitridated Ru/B₄C multilayer mirrors with improved interface structure, zero stress, and enhanced hard X-ray reflectance. *Optics Express*, 2018.  

**9th author**


26. High pressure effects on hydrate Cu-BTC investigated by vibrational spectroscopy and synchrotron X-ray diffraction. *RSC Advances*, 2017.  

**4th author**


27. Temperature-dependent thermal properties of Ru/C multilayers. *Journal of Synchrotron Radiation*, 2017.  

**2nd author, Corresponding author**


28. Compensation for gravitational sag of bent mirror. *Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A*, 2017.  

**2nd author**


29. X-ray multilayer mid-frequency characterizations using speckle scanning techniques. *Advances in Metrology for X-Ray and EUV Optics VII*, 2017.  

**1st author, Corresponding author**


30. An equivalent source to describe realistic synchrotron hard X-rays. *Applied Physics B: Lasers and Optics*, 2016.  

**1st author, Corresponding author**


31. Hard X-ray micro-focusing beamline at SSRF. *Nuclear Science and Techniques*, 2015.  

**13th author**


32. Investigation of defects in sputtered W/B₄C multilayers. *Applied Surface Science*, 2015.  

**1st author, Corresponding author**


33. Structural characterization and low-temperature properties of Ru/C multilayer monochromators with different periodic thicknesses. *Journal of Synchrotron Radiation*, 2015.  

**1st author, Corresponding author**


34. Optimization of a multilayer Laue lens system for a hard X-ray nanoprobe. *Journal of Optics*, 2014.  

**1st author, Corresponding author**


35. Interface characterization of B₄C-based multilayers by X-ray grazing-incidence reflectivity and diffuse scattering. *Journal of Synchrotron Radiation*, 2013.  

**1st author, Corresponding author**


36. Robust design of broadband EUV multilayer beam splitters based on particle swarm optimization. *Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A*, 2013.  

**1st author, Corresponding author**


37. Applications of wavelet analysis to study growth characteristics of X-ray multilayer mirrors. *Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics*, 2011.  

**Author**


38. Determination of the evolution of layer thickness errors and interfacial imperfections in ultrathin sputtered Cr/C multilayers using high-resolution transmission electron microscopy. *Optics Express*, 2011.  

**1st author, Corresponding author**


39. The influence of residual gas on boron carbide thin films prepared by magnetron sputtering. *Applied Surface Science*, 2011.  

**1st author**


40. Determination of layer-thickness variation in periodic multilayer by X-ray reflectivity. *Journal of Applied Physics*, 2010.  

**1st author**


41. **用傅里叶变换方法实现的纳米多层膜性能表征** (Applications of the Fourier transform to characterize the performances of nanometer multilayer structures). *Chinese Journal of Lasers*, 2009.  

**1st author**


42. **小波变换表征多层膜氧化层、界面层和膜厚漂移** (Applications of the wavelet transform to characterize the oxide layer, interlayer and thickness fluctuation in multilayer structures). *Acta Photonica Sinica*, 2009.  

**1st author**


Patents
[1] Tiannaxi, Jiang Hui, Xie Jianan. A simulation method for X-ray speckle wavefront detection. Patent No.: CN116642913A Publication Date: 2023-08-25 [2] Jiang Hui. A temperature-controlled X-ray deformable mirror. Patent No.: CN113936840A Publication Date: 2022-01-14 [3] Jiang Hui, Tiannaxi. A compound-surface piezoelectric deformable mirror for X-rays. Patent No.: CN113972023A Publication Date: 2022-01-25 [4] Yan Shuai, Jiang Sheng, He Yan, Jiang Hui, Zheng Yi, Lan Xuying. A confocal fluorescence experimental method based on KB mirror focusing using synchrotron radiation. Patent No.: CN109839396A Publication Date: 2019-06-04 [5] Yan Shuai, Yang Ke, Jiang Hui, Mao Chengwen, Zheng Yi, Dong Zhaohui, Li Aiguo. A protection device for four-crystal monochromators. Patent No.: CN204788659U Publication Date: 2015-11-18 [6] Yan Shuai, Yang Ke, Jiang Hui, Zheng Yi, Dong Zhaohui, Mao Chengwen, Li Aiguo. A crystal assembly for four-crystal monochromators. Patent No.: CN204792016U Publication Date: 2015-11-18 [7] Yan Shuai, Yang Ke, Jiang Hui, Zheng Yi, Dong Zhaohui, Mao Chengwen, Li Aiguo. A multifunctional sample control platform for synchrotron radiation micro-focusing. Patent No.: CN204649645U Publication Date: 2015-09-16 [8] A deformable mirror assembly and two-dimensional optical system. Filing Date: 2025-09-11 [9] Focusing device. Filing Date: 2025-09-15


Research Interests

X-ray Nanofocusing, X-ray Imaging Thin-film Optics, X-ray Scattering Adaptive Optics, Intelligent Imaging


Students

现指导学生

陈浩远  硕士研究生  080300-光学工程  

李绪鹏  硕士研究生  080300-光学工程  

Honors & Distinctions

(1) Shanghai Oriental Talent Program – Outstanding Young Academic Leader, provincial level, 2024  

(2) Pudong New Area “Pearl Young Talent” Award, municipal level, 2023  

(3) SARI “Rising Star” Award, institute level, 2022  

(4) Member of CAS Youth Innovation Promotion Association, academy level, 2018  

(5) CAS “Innovation Project” Rising-Star Program, academy level, 2014