<title>Polycapillary Kumakhov optics: a status report</title>

The Center for X-Ray Optics at the University at Albany, New York founded to pursue the development of capillary x-ray and neutron optics, has grown rapidly since its establishment less than four years ago. Quantitative characterization of these optics from 1 keV to 45 keV was reported here in 1993. In this report, a summary of the current status of this effort is described in the context of activities at the Center for X-Ray Optics.