Open AccessNormal-incidence multilayer mirror X-ray microscope. Final report
Author(s) -
J. F. Seely
Publication year - 1994
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/93752
Subject(s) - microscope , optics , laser , x ray , resolution (logic) , materials science , hohlraum , angstrom , curved mirror , microscopy , wavelength , detector , optical microscope , physics , scanning electron microscope , chemistry , crystallography , computer science , artificial intelligence
An x-ray multilayer mirror microscope was designed constructed, and implemented to record images at a wavelength of 33.8 {Angstrom} of laser-irradiated targets. The morphology of the 33.8 {Angstrom} emission from a variety of targets was studied at the Livermore Nova laser 2-beam facility. Imaged were radiatively heated, low-density plastic and silica foams targets, x-ray laser targets, and gas-filled hohlraums. The absolute x-ray flux was determined. A two-mirror microscope and a CCD x-ray detector have been designed and constructed that will provided images with improved spatial resolution and dynamic range. The two-mirror microscope is designed to fit SIM4 on the Livermore 10-beam target chamber or any other comparably sized instrument module