Suboptical x-ray imaging using the Vulcan x-ray laser
- 15 April 1993
- journal article
- Published by Optica Publishing Group in Optics Letters
- Vol. 18 (8) , 661-663
- https://doi.org/10.1364/ol.18.000661
Abstract
An imaging microscope, comprising a Schwarzchild condenser and a zone-plate optical arrangement, has been established on the Vulcan Nd:glass laser system at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory. Magnified images of simple test structures have been taken in x-ray transmission in a single subnanosecond laser shot by using doublet x-ray laser radiation at 23.2 and 23.6 nm from collisionally pumped Ne-like germanium. Image resolutions of ~0.15 μm have been measured. The results are a proof of principle and demonstrate that images of potentially suboptical resolution and of specimen regions that are destroyed on passage of the x-ray beam can be taken successfully using the Vulcan x-ray laser.Keywords
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