Publication detail
High-resolution imaging of soft x-ray laser beam by color center excitation in lithium fluoride crystals.
TOMASSETTI, G. RITUCCI, A. REALE, A. PALLADINO, L. REALE, L. ARIZZA, G. BALDACCHINI, F. BONFIGLI, F. FLORA, F. MEZI, L. MONTEREALI, R.M. KUKHLEVSKY, S.V. FAENOV, A. PIKUZ, T. KAISER, J.
English title
High-resolution imaging of soft x-ray laser beam by color center excitation in lithium fluoride crystals.
Type
Peer-reviewed article not indexed in WoS or Scopus
Language
en
Original abstract
Stable color center production in lithium fluoride crystals has been applied to single-shot high-spatial-resolution imaging of a 2 ns long, 46.9 nm capillary discharge soft-X-ray laser pulse. Images of the unfocused beam and of the beam focused by a multi-layer mirror were recorded. The LiF crystal sensitivity was sufficient to impress high-contrast photo-luminescent patterns with single-pulse irradiation on an area up to 40 mm(2). Interference fringes due to the soft-X-ray laser coherence were observed. The results demonstrate the potential of LiF crystals and films as a sub-micrometer resolution two-dimensional imaging tool for single-shot soft-X-ray laser applications.
Keywords in English
ELECTRON-BEAM, LIF, PATTERNS
Released
2003-01-01
ISSN
0295-5075
Journal
EPL
Volume
63
Number
5
Pages from–to
681–687
Pages count
6
BIBTEX
@article{BUT42038,
author="Jozef {Kaiser}",
title="High-resolution imaging of soft x-ray laser beam by color center excitation in lithium fluoride crystals.",
journal="EPL",
year="2003",
volume="63",
number="5",
pages="681--687",
issn="0295-5075"
}