Lithium fluoride coloration by laser-plasma soft x-rays: a promising tool for x-ray microscopy and photonics

Francesco Flora; Giuseppe Baldacchini; Francesca Bonfigli; Antonella Lai; Tiziana Marolo; Luca Mezi; Rosa Maria Montereali; Daniele Murra; Nicola Lisi; Enrico Nichelatti; Anatoly Ya. Faenov; Tatiana A. Pikuz; Libero Palladino; Armando Reale; Antonio Ritucci; Lucia Reale; Giuseppe Tomassetti; Pasquale Fabi; Tania Limongi

doi:10.1117/12.505782

7 January 2004 Lithium fluoride coloration by laser-plasma soft x-rays: a promising tool for x-ray microscopy and photonics

Francesco Flora, Giuseppe Baldacchini, Francesca Bonfigli, Antonella Lai, Tiziana Marolo, Luca Mezi, Rosa Maria Montereali, Daniele Murra, Nicola Lisi, Enrico Nichelatti, Anatoly Ya. Faenov, Tatiana A. Pikuz, Libero Palladino, Armando Reale, Antonio Ritucci, Lucia Reale, Giuseppe Tomassetti, Pasquale Fabi, Tania Limongi

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Proceedings Volume 5196, Laser-Generated and Other Laboratory X-Ray and EUV Sources, Optics, and Applications; (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.505782
Event: Optical Science and Technology, SPIE's 48th Annual Meeting, 2003, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

A new imaging detector for EUV or soft-X-ray radiation based on optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) of lithium fluoride (LiF) films or crystals is presented. The first micro-radiography images of biological samples and of meshes obtained on LiF using a laser-plasma source or an X-ray laser are shown, and (up to now) a resolution better than one micron is demonstrated. The dependence of the coloration density vs the deposited X-ray dose is considered and the advantages of this new diagnostic technique for both coherent and non-coherent EUV sources, compared with CCDs detectors, photographic films and photoresists are discussed. This new detector is extremely suitable for laser plasmas and for X-ray lasers sources.

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Francesco Flora, Giuseppe Baldacchini, Francesca Bonfigli, Antonella Lai, Tiziana Marolo, Luca Mezi, Rosa Maria Montereali, Daniele Murra, Nicola Lisi, Enrico Nichelatti, Anatoly Ya. Faenov, Tatiana A. Pikuz, Libero Palladino, Armando Reale, Antonio Ritucci, Lucia Reale, Giuseppe Tomassetti, Pasquale Fabi, and Tania Limongi "Lithium fluoride coloration by laser-plasma soft x-rays: a promising tool for x-ray microscopy and photonics", Proc. SPIE 5196, Laser-Generated and Other Laboratory X-Ray and EUV Sources, Optics, and Applications, (7 January 2004); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.505782

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