X-ray phase imaging with a grating interferometer

Optics Express

Volumn 13, Issue 16, 2005, Pages 6296-6304

  Weitkamp, Timm ^a   Diaz, Ana ^a   David, Christian ^a   Pfeiffer, Franz ^a   Stampanoni, Marco ^a   Cloetens, Peter ^b   Ziegler, Eric ^b  

^a PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COHERENT LIGHT; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; INTERFEROMETERS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT SOURCES; RADIOGRAPHY; REFRACTIVE INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY; X RAYS;

HIGH-EFFICIENCY GRATING INTERFEROMETER; MONOCHROMATICITY; PHASE-STEPPING TECHNIQUE; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

IMAGING TECHNIQUES;

EID: 24044538888     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.13.006296     Document Type: Article

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