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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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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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.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	298-310
Number of pages	13
Journal	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume	5196
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.505782
State	Published - 2004
Externally published	Yes
Event	Laser-Generated and Other Laboratory X-Ray and EUV Sources, Optics, and Applications - San Diego, CA, United States Duration: Aug 4 2003 → Aug 6 2003

Keywords

EUV radiation
Imaging
Lithium fluoride
X-ray detectors
X-ray microscopy

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Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Condensed Matter Physics
Applied Mathematics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Computer Science Applications

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Flora, F., Baldacchini, G., Bonfigli, F., Lai, A., Marolo, T., Mezi, L., Montereali, R. M., Murra, D., Lisi, N., Nichelatti, E., Faenov, A. Y., Pikuz, T. A., Palladino, L., Reale, A., Ritucci, A., Reale, L., Tomassetti, G., Fabi, P., & Limongi, T. (2004). Lithium fluoride coloration by laser-plasma soft x-rays: A promising tool for X-ray microscopy and photonics. Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, 5196, 298-310. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.505782

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