We have investigated an alternative technique for fabricating zone plates that operate in the 5 to 10 keV regime. Ultimately we plan to make zone plates by sputtering alternating layers of opaque and transparent materials onto a thin wire core, then slicing perpendicular to the core axis to produce many zone plates. This technique shows promise for making x-ray optical elements that can be used in industrial crystallography, microprobe and radiography equipment. In a previous publication we reported on the favorable comparison between the measured performance of an Al/Ta diffraction grating and our numerical simulation. In this report we concentrate on the fabrication techniques used to produce diffraction gratings and linear zone plates. 2 refs., 10 figs
