Noninterferometric quantitative phase imaging with soft x rays

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 1732-1743

  Allman, Brendan E ^a   McMahon, Phillip J ^a   Tiller, Justine B ^a   Nugent, Keith A ^a   Paganin, David ^a   Barty, Anton ^a   McNulty, Ian ^b   Frigo, Sean P ^b   Wang, Yuxin ^b   Retsch, Cornelia C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOMETRICAL OPTICS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; OPTICAL INSTRUMENT LENSES; PROJECTION SYSTEMS;

PHASE IMAGING;

X RAYS;

EID: 0000173357     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.17.001732     Document Type: Article

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