An optic device comprising: a plurality of multilayer zones for redirecting and transmitting photons having an energy above 10 eV through total internal reflection each multilayer zone including a high-index layer of material having a first real refractive index n 1 and a first absorption coefficient β 1; a low-index layer of material having a second real refractive index n 2 and a second absorption coefficient β 2; and a grading zone disposed between said high-index layer of material and said low-index layer of material, said grading zone including in overlay between the high-index layer and the low-index layer a first grading layer having a third real refractive index n 3 and a third absorption coefficient β 3, a second grading layer having a fourth real refractive index n 4 and a fourth absorption coefficient β 4, and a third grading layer having a fifth real refractive index n 5 and a fifth absorption coefficient β 5, such that n 1 >n 3 >n 4 >n 5 >n 2 and β 2 >β 5 >β 4 >β 3 >β 1, wherein total internal reflection of photons occurs at an interface of the high-index layer of material and the grading zone and the low-index layer of material and the grading zone; and wherein a radially innermost high-index layer of material defines a core, said core including a cylindrical portion having one of a curvilinear or a polygonal cross section, said grading zone configured to overlay at least a part of said high-index layer of material, and said low-index layer of material configured to overlay at least a part of said grading zone. a plurality of multilayer zones for redirecting and transmitting photons having an energy above 10 eV through total internal reflection each multilayer zone including a high-index layer of material having a first real refractive index n 1 and a first absorption coefficient β 1; a low-index layer of material having a second real refractive index n 2 and a second absorption coefficient β 2; and a grading zone disposed between said high-index layer of material and said low-index layer of material, said grading zone including in overlay between the high-index layer and the low-index layer a first grading layer having a third real refractive index n 3 and a third absorption coefficient β 3, a second grading layer having a fourth real refractive index n 4 and a fourth absorption coefficient β 4, and a third grading layer having a fifth real refractive index n 5 and a fifth absorption coefficient β 5, such that n 1 >n 3 >n 4 >n 5 >n 2 and β 2 >β 5 >β 4 >β 3 >β 1, wherein total internal reflection of photons occurs at an interface of the high-index layer of material and the grading zone and the low-index layer of material and the grading zone; and a high-index layer of material having a first real refractive index n 1 and a first absorption coefficient β 1; a low-index layer of material having a second real refractive index n 2 and a second absorption coefficient β 2; and a grading zone disposed between said high-index layer of material and said low-index layer of material, said grading zone including in overlay between the high-index layer and the low-index layer a first grading layer having a third real refractive index n 3 and a third absorption coefficient β 3, a second grading layer having a fourth real refractive index n 4 and a fourth absorption coefficient β 4, and a third grading layer having a fifth real refractive index n 5 and a fifth absorption coefficient β 5, such that n 1 >n 3 >n 4 >n 5 >n 2 and β 2 >β 5 >β 4 >β 3 >β 1, wherein total internal reflection of photons occurs at an interface of the high-index layer of material and the grading zone and the low-index layer of material and the grading zone; and