Plasma-focus-based tabletop hard x-ray source for 50 ns resolution introspective imaging of metallic objects through metallic walls

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 89, Issue 9, 2006, Pages

  Moreno, C ^a   Raspa, V ^a   Sigaut, L ^a   Vieytes, R ^a   Clausse, A ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PLASMAS; RADIOGRAPHY; X RAYS;

THICK METALLIC WALLS; X-RAY BEAMS; X-RAY SOURCES;

IMAGING SYSTEMS;

EID: 33748282348     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2335631     Document Type: Review

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