Focusing gamma rays seems out of the question since their
wavelengths (less than 0.01 angstrom) are smaller than the distance between
atoms in solids. Thus, they must de detected individually using techniques
borrowed from elementary-particle physics.
Giovanni F. Bignami, Sky & Telescope, October
1985
Higher-energy X-ray photons can pas through a lens, but
since they undergo no significant deflection, no focusing can take place.
Gerald K. Skinner, Scientific American, August 1988
Whereas optical photons are coherently scattered by the
lens and thus can be focused directly into the image plane, gamma-rays
can not be focused. They are scattered incoherently and the direction of
the scattered electrons are lost.
von Ballmoos et al., Astron. Astrophys. 221, 396,
1989