Expand this Topic clickable element to expand a topic
Skip to content
Optica Publishing Group

Compact soft x-ray microscope using a gas-discharge light source

Not Accessible

Your library or personal account may give you access

Abstract

We report on a soft x-ray microscope using a gas-discharge plasma with pseudo spark-like electrode geometry as a light source. The source produces a radiant intensity of 4×1013  photons(sr  pulse) for the 2.88nm emission line of helium-like nitrogen. At a demonstrated 1kHz repetition rate a brilliance of 4.3×109  photons(μm2srs) is obtained for the 2.88nm line. Ray-tracing simulations show that, employing an adequate grazing incidence collector, a photon flux of 1×107  photons(μm2s) can be achieved with the current source. The applicability of the presented pinch plasma concept to soft x-ray microscopy is demonstrated in a proof-of-principle experiment.

© 2008 Optical Society of America

Full Article  |  PDF Article
More Like This
Table-top soft x-ray microscope using laser-induced plasma from a pulsed gas jet

Matthias Müller, Tobias Mey, Jürgen Niemeyer, and Klaus Mann
Opt. Express 22(19) 23489-23495 (2014)

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

H. Legall, G. Blobel, H. Stiel, W. Sandner, C. Seim, P. Takman, D. H. Martz, M. Selin, U. Vogt, H. M. Hertz, D. Esser, H. Sipma, J. Luttmann, M. Höfer, H. D. Hoffmann, S. Yulin, T. Feigl, S. Rehbein, P. Guttmann, G. Schneider, U. Wiesemann, M. Wirtz, and W. Diete
Opt. Express 20(16) 18362-18369 (2012)

Cited By

You do not have subscription access to this journal. Cited by links are available to subscribers only. You may subscribe either as an Optica member, or as an authorized user of your institution.

Contact your librarian or system administrator
or
Login to access Optica Member Subscription

Figures (5)

You do not have subscription access to this journal. Figure files are available to subscribers only. You may subscribe either as an Optica member, or as an authorized user of your institution.

Contact your librarian or system administrator
or
Login to access Optica Member Subscription

Select as filters


Select Topics Cancel
© Copyright 2024 | Optica Publishing Group. All Rights Reserved