Contact x-ray microscopy using Asterix

Aldo Conti; Dimitri Batani; Cesare Botto; Alessandra Masini; A. Bernardinello; Fulvia Bortolotto; M. Moret; G. Poletti; S. Piccoli; F. Cotelli; C. Lora Lamia Donin; Anthony D. Stead; A. Marranca; Klaus Eidmann; Francesco Flora; Libero Palladino; Lucia Reale

doi:10.1117/12.279419

14 October 1997 Contact x-ray microscopy using Asterix

Aldo Conti, Dimitri Batani, Cesare Botto, Alessandra Masini, A. Bernardinello, Fulvia Bortolotto, M. Moret, G. Poletti, S. Piccoli, F. Cotelli, C. Lora Lamia Donin, Anthony D. Stead, A. Marranca, Klaus Eidmann, Francesco Flora, Libero Palladino, Lucia Reale

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Proceedings Volume 3157, Applications of X Rays Generated from Lasers and Other Bright Sources; (1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.279419
Event: Optical Science, Engineering and Instrumentation '97, 1997, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

The use of a high energy laser source for soft x-ray contact microscopy is discussed. Several different targets were used and their emission spectra compared. The x-ray emission, inside and outside the Water Window, was characterized in detail by means of many diagnostics, including pin hole and streak cameras. Up to 12 samples holders per shot were exposed thanks to the large x-ray flux and the geometry of the interaction chamber. Images of several biological samples were obtained, including Chlamydomonas and Crethidia green algae, fish and boar sperms and Saccharomyces Cerevisiae yeast cells. A 50 nm resolution was reached on the images of boar sperm. Original information concerning the density of inner structures of Crethidia green algae were obtained.

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Aldo Conti, Dimitri Batani, Cesare Botto, Alessandra Masini, A. Bernardinello, Fulvia Bortolotto, M. Moret, G. Poletti, S. Piccoli, F. Cotelli, C. Lora Lamia Donin, Anthony D. Stead, A. Marranca, Klaus Eidmann, Francesco Flora, Libero Palladino, and Lucia Reale "Contact x-ray microscopy using Asterix", Proc. SPIE 3157, Applications of X Rays Generated from Lasers and Other Bright Sources, (14 October 1997); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.279419

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