Diffractive optical elements for differential interference contrast x-ray microscopy

Optics Express

Volumn 11, Issue 19, 2003, Pages 2278-2288

  Di Fabrizio, Enzo ^a   Cojoc, Dan ^a   Cabrini, Stefane ^a   Kaulich, Burkhard ^b   Susini, Jean ^c   Facci, Paolo ^d   Wilhein, Thomas ^e  

^a LABORATORIO TASC   (Italy)

^b SINCROTRONE TRIESTE   (Italy)

^c EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^e University for Applied Sciences   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COHERENT LIGHT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE DIFFRACTION; GEOMETRICAL OPTICS; LIGHT INTERFERENCE; MONOCHROMATORS; PHASE SHIFT; PHOTONS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION; X RAY OPTICS; X RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

DIFFERENTIAL INTERFERENCE CONTRAST (DIC); DIFFRACTIVE OPTICAL ELEMENTS (DOE); PHASE GRADIENTS; X-RAY MICROSCOPY;

DIFFRACTIVE OPTICS;

EID: 2942744517     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.11.002278     Document Type: Article

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