Applications of a Compact "Water Window" Source [-3pt]for Investigations of Nanostructures Using SXR Microscope
A. Torrisia, P. Wachulak a, M. Fahad Nawaz b, A. Bartnik a, D. Adjei a, Š. Vondrová c, J. Turňová c, A. Jančarek b and H. Fiedorowicz a
aInstitute of Optoelectronics, Military University of Technology, S. Kaliskiego 2, 00-908 Warsaw, Poland
bFaculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Brehova 7, 115 19 Prague 1, Czech Republic
cFaculty of Biomedical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Brehova 7, 115 19 Prague 1, Czech Republic
Full Text PDF
A compact soft X-ray microscope based on a nitrogen double-stream gas puff target soft X-ray source, operating at He-like nitrogen spectral line at the wavelength of λ =2.88 nm is presented. The desk-top size microscope was successfully demonstrated in transmission mode using the Fresnel zone-plate objective and it is suitable for soft X-ray source microscopy in the "water window" spectral range (λ = 2.3÷ 4.4 nm). Details about the soft X-ray source source, the microscope and an example of application in the biomedical field are shown and discussed.

DOI: 10.12693/APhysPolA.129.169
PACS numbers: 52.38.-r, 42.30.-d, 42.62.-b, 87.59.-e, 68.37.Yz, 07.85.Tt, 41.50.+h, 42.79.Dj