On The Possibility Of Measuring The Diffraction Pattern Of Single Micro Objects

D Sayre; R, P Haelbich; J Kirz; W B Yun

doi:10.1117/12.939198

27 March 1984 On The Possibility Of Measuring The Diffraction Pattern Of Single Micro Objects

D Sayre, R, P Haelbich, J Kirz, W B Yun

Proceedings Volume 0447, Science with Soft X-Rays; (1984) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.939198
Event: 1983 Brookhaven Conference: Science with Soft X-Rays, 1983, Upton, United States

Abstract

As two-dimensional x-ray microscopy develops, it is of interest to consider also possible three-dimensional imaging methods, in view of the thick-specimen capability of soft x-rays. The highest-quality 3-dimensional images of atomic assemblies today are produced by Fourier inversion of lA x-ray or neutron diffraction patterns of crystalline specimens. We consider whether a similar form of imaging may be obtained with very small non-crystalline specimens using soft x-rays. Success would allow microscopic objects, such as biological cells, to be imaged in three dimensions and at resolutions of the order of 15A. As x-ray wavelengths increase from lA, elastic scattering persists, Compton scattering decreases, and photoelectric absorption increases. The first and third of these give rise to coherent scattering and are effective in diffraction, while the second contributes an incoherent background and does not contribute to diffraction. Thus we should expect that diffraction will exist in the soft x-ray region and with lower intrinsic background than in the shorter wavelength region. Small-angle diffraction patterns from multiple small objects (latex spheres) have indeed been observed in the soft x-ray region1 . Here, however, we are concerned with the possibility of measuring large-angle patterns, and from single small objects.

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D Sayre, R, P Haelbich, J Kirz, and W B Yun "On The Possibility Of Measuring The Diffraction Pattern Of Single Micro Objects", Proc. SPIE 0447, Science with Soft X-Rays, (27 March 1984); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.939198

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