Contact and Phase-Contrast Imaging of Nanostructures by Femtosecond-Laser-Driven-Cluster-Based Debris-Free Soft X-Ray Source

Journal Article · Sat Jul 25 00:00:00 EDT 2009 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3204553· OSTI ID:21344337

Pikuz, T A; Faenov, A Ya ^[1]; Fukuda, Y; Kando, M; Kotaki, H; Homma, T; Kawase, K; Kameshima, T; Daito, I; Kawachi, T; Bolton, P; Daido, H; Tajima, T; Bulanov, S V ^[1]; Skobelev, I Yu; Gasilov, S V ^[2]; Boldarev, A S; Gasilov, V A ^[3]; Kato, Y ^[4]

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1. Kansai Photon Science Institute (KPSI), Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA), Kizugawa-shi, Kyoto (Japan)
2. Joint Institute for High Temperatures, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow (Russian Federation)
3. Institute for Mathematical Modeling, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow (Russian Federation)
4. Graduate School for the Creation of New Photonics Industries, Hamamatsu (Japan)

The high-intensive source of soft X-ray emission was developed by femtosecond laser pulses irradiation of submicron size CO{sub 2} clusters, produced in custom designed super-sonic nozzle while mixing the 10% CO{sub 2}+90% He expanding gases. The LiF crystal soft X-ray detectors have been used for obtaining absorption images of ultrathin (nanoscale) foils and biological structures illuminated by the developed source. It was demonstrated that even if the foil is essentially transparent for the soft X-ray radiation (like 100 nm thick Zr foil), the image contrast could be significantly increased due to the influence of propagation-based phase-contrast effect, by placing the detector at the proper distance from the sample.

• OSTI ID: 21344337
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 1153, Issue 1; Conference: 2. international symposium on laser-driven relativistic plasmas applied to science, industry and medicine, Kyoto (Japan), 19-23 Jan 2009; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.3204553; (c) 2009 American Institute of Physics; ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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77 NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY
ABSORPTION
CARBON DIOXIDE
CRYSTALS
EMISSION SPECTRA
FOILS
IMAGES
LASER-PRODUCED PLASMA
LITHIUM FLUORIDES
NANOSTRUCTURES
NOZZLES
PULSED IRRADIATION
SOFT X RADIATION
X-RAY DETECTION
X-RAY SPECTRA
ALKALI METAL COMPOUNDS
CARBON COMPOUNDS
CARBON OXIDES
CHALCOGENIDES
DETECTION
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
FLUORIDES
FLUORINE COMPOUNDS
HALIDES
HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
IONIZING RADIATIONS
IRRADIATION
LITHIUM COMPOUNDS
LITHIUM HALIDES
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PLASMA
RADIATION DETECTION
RADIATIONS
SORPTION
SPECTRA
X RADIATION