Compact X-ray microscope for the water window based on a high brightness laser plasma source

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 16, 2012, Pages 18362-18369

  Legall, H ^a,b   Blobel, G ^a,b   Stiel, H ^a,b   Sandner, W ^a,b   Seim, C ^b,c   Takman, P ^d   Martz, D H ^d   Selin, M ^d   Vogt, U ^d   Hertz, H M ^d   Esser, D ^e   Sipma, H ^e   Luttmann, J ^e   Hofer M ^e   Hoffmann, H D ^e   Yulin, S ^f   Feigl, T ^f   Rehbein, S ^g   Guttmann, P ^g   Schneider, G ^g   Wiesemann, U ^h   Wirtz, M ^h   Diete, W ^h   more..

^a MAX BORN INSTITUT   (Germany)

^b BLiX   (Germany)

^c TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^d ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^e FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR LASER TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^f FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED OPTICS AND PRECISION ENGINEERING   (Germany)

^g HAHN MEITNER INSTITUT   (Germany)

^h Bruker ASC GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LASER BEAMS; LUMINANCE; MULTILAYERS; PLASMA INTERACTIONS; X RAY MICROSCOPES;

EXPOSURE-TIME; HIGH BRIGHTNESS LASERS; HIGH-AVERAGE POWER LASERS; LASER PLASMA; LASER POWER; LINE EMISSIONS; OBJECT PLANES; PLASMA GENERATION; W LASERS; WATER WINDOW;

LASER PRODUCED PLASMAS;

EID: 84864590889     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.018362     Document Type: Article

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