X-ray interferometer
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An X-ray interferometer is analogous to a neutron interferometer
Neutron interferometer
In physics, a neutron interferometer is an interferometer capable of diffracting neutrons, allowing the wave-like nature of neutrons, and other related phenomena, to be explored.Interferometry inherently depends on the wave nature of the object...

. It has been suggested that it may offer the very highest spatial resolution in astronomy
Astronomy
Astronomy is a natural science that deals with the study of celestial objects and phenomena that originate outside the atmosphere of Earth...

, though the technology is unproven as of 2008.


One technique is triple Laue interferometry (LLL interferometry) .
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