Development of the water window imaging X-ray microscope utilizing normal-incidence multilayer optics

A water-window imaging X-ray telescope configured with normal-incidence multilayer X-ray mirrors has been developed to obtain images with unprecedented spatial resolution and contrast of carbon-based microstructures within living cells. The narrow bandpass response inherent in multilayer X-ray optic...

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Published in:Optical Engineering 1991-08, Vol.30 (8), p.1086-1093
Main Authors: Hoover, Richard B., Shealy, David L., Brinkley, B. R., Baker, Phillip C., Barbee, Troy W., Jr, Walker, Arthur B. C., Jr
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
440600 - Optical Instrumentation- (1990-)
CARBON COMPOUNDS
CRYSTAL STRUCTURE
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
Exact sciences and technology
EXTREME ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION
FABRICATION
INCIDENCE ANGLE
Instruments, apparatus, components and techniques common to several branches of physics and astronomy
IONIZING RADIATIONS
MICROSCOPES
MICROSTRUCTURE
MIRRORS
OPTICAL SYSTEMS
Optics
OTHER INSTRUMENTATION
Physics
RADIATIONS
RESOLUTION
ROCKETS
TELESCOPES
TESTING
ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION
X RADIATION
X- and γ-ray instruments and techniques
X-RAY EQUIPMENT
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Summary:A water-window imaging X-ray telescope configured with normal-incidence multilayer X-ray mirrors has been developed to obtain images with unprecedented spatial resolution and contrast of carbon-based microstructures within living cells. The narrow bandpass response inherent in multilayer X-ray optics is accurately tuned to wavelengths within the water window.
ISSN:0091-3286
1560-2303
DOI:10.1117/12.55924