X-Ray Microscopy II: Proceedings of the International Symposium, Brookhaven, NY, August 31–September 4, 1987

Front Matter....Pages I-XIV
Introduction....Pages 1-2
Front Matter....Pages 3-3
Experience with Synchrotron Radiation Sources....Pages 4-9
The NSLS Mini-Undulator....Pages 10-15
Partial Coherence and Spectral Brightness at X-Ray Wavelengths....Pages 16-21
A Plasma Focus as Radiation Source for a Laboratory X-Ray Microscope....Pages 22-29
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Soft X-Ray Laser Program....Pages 30-35
X-Ray Laser Sources for Microscopy....Pages 36-42
Laser Plasma Soft X-Ray Source: A Dedicated Small Source at the Central Laser Facility....Pages 43-45
Soft X-Ray Laser Microscopy....Pages 46-49
Laser Plasma Soft X-Ray Sources: Overcoming the Debris Problem by Means of Relay Optics....Pages 50-53
Status of the Taiwan Light Source....Pages 54-58
The Potential of Laser Plasma Sources in Scanning X-Ray Microscopy....Pages 59-62
Future Plans for X-Ray Microscopy at the SRS....Pages 63-67
Front Matter....Pages 69-69
Theoretical Investigations of Imaging Properties of Zone Plates Using Diffraction Theory....Pages 70-79
Microzone Plate Fabrication by 100 keV Electron Beam Lithography....Pages 80-87
Zone Plates for Scanning X-Ray Microscopy: Contamination Writing and Efficiency Enhancement....Pages 88-94
Phase Zone Plates for the Göttingen X-Ray Microscopes....Pages 95-101
Axisymmetric Grazing Incidence Optics for an X-Ray Microscope and Microprobe....Pages 102-107
Bragg-Fresnel Optics: Principles and Prospects of Applications....Pages 108-117
High Resolution Image Storage in Polymers....Pages 118-123
Front Matter....Pages 69-69
Application of Charge Coupled Detectors in X-Ray Microscopy....Pages 124-129
Advances in X-Ray Optics —’87....Pages 130-137
Zone Plates for the Nanometer Wavelength Range....Pages 138-141
Sputtered-Sliced Linear Zone Plates for 8 keV X-Rays....Pages 142-145
Measurement of Resolution in Zone Plate X-Ray Microscopy....Pages 146-150
Using Radiachromic Films for Soft X-Ray Dosimetry....Pages 151-153
A Detector System for High Photon Rates for a Scanning X-Ray Microscope....Pages 154-159
Multislice Calculations of Dynamic Soft X-Ray Scattering....Pages 160-163
Fabrication and Focal Test of a Free-Standing Zone Plate in the VUV Region....Pages 164-167
Scattering Measurements of Soft X-Ray Mirrors....Pages 168-172
Scattering, Absorption, and a Detailed Look at the Field Near an Absorbing Particle....Pages 173-177
X-Ray Zone Plate with Tantalum Film for an X-Ray Microscope....Pages 178-181
Experimental Demonstration of Producing High Resolution Zone Plates by Spatial-Frequency Multiplication....Pages 182-185
Overview of Activity in X-Ray Microscopy in Japan....Pages 186-191
Front Matter....Pages 193-193
The Stony Brook/NSLS Scanning Microscope....Pages 194-200
Early Experience with the King’s College — Daresbury X-Ray Microscope....Pages 201-208
The Göttingen Scanning X-Ray Microscope....Pages 209-215
Status of a Laboratory X-Ray Microscope....Pages 216-219
First Images with the Soft X-Ray Image Converting Microscope at LURE....Pages 220-227
Phase Contrast X-Ray Microscopy — Experiments at the BESSY Storage Ring....Pages 228-232
Front Matter....Pages 193-193
X-Ray Fluorescence Imaging with Synchrotron Radiation....Pages 233-239
Synchrotron X-Ray Microtomography....Pages 240-245
X-Ray Microscopy by Holography at LURE....Pages 246-252
Progress in High-Resolution X-Ray Holographic Microscopy....Pages 253-262
Fundamental Limits in X-Ray Holography....Pages 263-271
Experimental Observation of Diffraction Patterns from Micro-Specimens....Pages 272-275
An X-Ray Microprobe Beam Line for Trace Element Analysis....Pages 276-279
Possibilities for a Scanning Photoemission Microscope at the NSLS....Pages 280-283
Design for a Fourier-Transform Holographic Microscope....Pages 284-287
Photo-resist Studies in X-Ray Contact Microscopy....Pages 288-291
Imaging X-Ray Microscopy with Extended Depth of Focus by Use of a Digital Image Processing System....Pages 292-295
A Zone Plate Soft X-Ray Microscope Using Undulator Radiation at the Photon Factory....Pages 296-300
Scanning X-Ray Microradiography and Related Analysis in a SEM....Pages 301-305
Image Capture in the Projection Shadow X-Ray Microscope....Pages 306-309
The Stanford Tabletop Scanning X-Ray Microscope....Pages 310-315
Examination of Soft X-Ray Contact Images in Photoresist by the Low-Loss Electron Method in the Scanning Electron Microscope....Pages 316-318
Soft X-Ray Contact Microscopy at Hefei....Pages 319-322
A Projection X-Ray Microscope Converted from a Scanning Electron Microscope, and Its Applications....Pages 323-326
Front Matter....Pages 327-327
Applications of Soft X-Ray Imaging to Materials Science....Pages 328-334
The Use of Soft X-Rays to Probe Mechanisms of Radiobiological Damage....Pages 335-342
Front Matter....Pages 327-327
X-Ray Contact Microscopy, Using Synchrotron and Laser Sources, of Ultrasectioned, Heavy Metal Contaminated Earthworm Tissue....Pages 343-348
Biological Applications of Microtomography....Pages 349-355
X-Ray Microscopy — Its Application to Biological Sciences....Pages 356-364
Investigations of Biological Specimens with the X-Ray Microscope at BESSY....Pages 365-371
The Biology of the Cell and the High Resolution X-Ray Microscope....Pages 372-377
X-Ray Microscopy: A Comparative Assessment with Other Microscopies....Pages 378-383
X-Ray Microscopy in the Study of Biological Structure: A Prospective View....Pages 384-390
X-Ray Microscopy Studies on the Pharmaco-Dynamics of Therapeutic Gallium in Rat Bones....Pages 391-394
Location and Mapping of Gold Sites in Thin Sections of Unoxidized Carlin-Type Ores Using Complementary Micro-analytical Techniques....Pages 395-398
Exploration of the Demyelinated Axon of the Medullated Shrimp Giant Nerve by Soft X-Ray Scanning Microscopy....Pages 399-402
Comparison of Soft X-Ray Contact Microscopy with Other Microscopical Techniques for the Study of the Fine Structure of Plant Cells....Pages 403-406
Biological Applications at LBL’s Soft X-Ray Contact Microscopy Station....Pages 407-409
X-Ray Microscopy of Single Neurons in the Central Nervous System....Pages 410-414
X-Ray Introscopy of Mediastinal Lymph Nodes Using Synchrotron Radiation....Pages 415-420
Absorption Edge Imaging of Sporocide-Treated and Non-treated Bacterial Spores....Pages 421-424
The Role of High-Energy Synchrotron Radiation in Biomedical Trace Element Research....Pages 425-428
X-Ray Contact Microscopy of Human Chromosomes and Human Fibroblasts....Pages 429-432
Soft X-Ray Contact Microscopy of Botanical Material Using Laser-Produced Plasmas or Synchrotron Radiation....Pages 433-437
Advances in Geochemistry and Cosmochemistry: Trace Element Microdistributions with the Synchrotron X-Ray Fluorescence Microprobe....Pages 438-441
Front Matter....Pages 443-443
Report on Special Session on Future X-Ray Microscope Facilities....Pages 444-447
Back Matter....Pages 449-457