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.

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

Palladino L.;Limongi T.
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2004-01-01

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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.
2004
Optical Science and Technology, SPIE's 48th Annual Meeting
San Diego, California
2003
Laser-Generated and Other Laboratory X-Ray and EUV Sources, Optics, and Applications
SPIE
5196
298
310
EUV radiation; Imaging; Lithium fluoride; X-ray detectors; X-ray microscopy
Flora F.; Baldacchini G.; Bonfigli F.; Lai A.; Marolo T.; Mezi L.; Montereali R.M.; Murra D.; Lisi N.; Nichelatti E.; Faenov A.Ya.; Pikuz T.A.; Pallad...espandi
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