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Title: Development of Computer Tomography System for the Soft X-ray Microscope at Ritsumeikan University

Journal Article · · AIP Conference Proceedings
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3625320· OSTI ID:21608269
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  1. Research Organization of Science and Engineering, Ritsumeikan University, 1-1-1 Noji Higashi, Kusatsu, Shiga (Japan)
  2. Department of Physics, Ritsumeikan University, 1-1-1 Noji Higashi, Kusatsu, Shiga (Japan)
  3. Science Integration Program, Organization for Interdisciplinary Research Projects, University of Tokyo, 5-1-5 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, Chiba (Japan)
  4. Department of Physics, Kansai Medical University, 18-89 Uyamahigashi, Hirakata, Osaka (Japan)

A synchrotron-based full-field imaging soft x-ray microscope was tuned appropriately to perform computer tomography. The contrast and focal depth of the optical system were evaluated by using a Fresnel zone plate as a test object of variable spatial frequency. A focal depth of 15 {mu}m was obtained at the spatial frequency of 4.3 {mu}m{sup -1} according to Rayleigh's criterion. As a first trial of three-dimensional observation using this system, the cerebral cortex of the brain of a mouse, trimmed to a columnar shape by focused ion beam milling, was studied using a wavelength of 1.87-nm.

OSTI ID:
21608269
Journal Information:
AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 1365, Issue 1; Conference: 10. international conference on X-ray microscopy, Chicago, IL (United States), 15-20 Aug 2010; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.3625320; (c) 2011 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0094-243X
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English