Microbeam production using compound refractive lenses: Beam characterization and applications

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4499, Issue , 2001, Pages 52-63

  Schroer, Christian G ^a   Lengeler, Bruno ^a   Benner, Boris ^a   Günzler, Til Florian ^a   Kuhlmann, Marion ^a   Simionovici, Alexandre S ^b   Bohic, Sylvain ^b   Drakopoulos, Michael ^b   Snigirev, Anatoly ^b   Snigireva, Irina ^b   Schröder, Walter H ^c  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

^c FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Compound refractive lenses; Scanning microscopy; X ray micro beam

Indexed keywords

CELLS; FLUORESCENCE; LENSES; PLANTS (BOTANY); REFRACTIVE INDEX; SCANNING; SPECIFIC HEAT; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION; X RAY MICROSCOPES;

COMPOUND REFRACTIVE INDEX; FLUORESCENCE MICROTOMOGRAPHY; MICROBEAM PRODUCTION; MONOCHROMATIC HARMONIC RADIATION; PARABOLIC COMPOUND REFRACTIVE LENS; SINGLE UNDULATOR HARMONIC RADIATION; TOMOGRAPHIC SCANNING TECHNIQUE; X RAY IMAGING OPTICS;

X RAY OPTICS;

EID: 0001811450     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/12.450222     Document Type: Article

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