X-Ray Focusing With Lobster-Eye Optics: A Comparison Of Theory With Experiment

    Authors

    A. G. Peele; K. A. Nugent; A. V. Rode; K. Gabel; M. C. Richardson; R. Strack;W. Siegmund

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    Abbreviated Journal Title

    Appl. Optics

    Keywords

    PORE MICROCHANNEL PLATES; ARRAYS; Optics

    Abstract

    We report an experimental investigation and comparison with simulation of the x-ray focusing of a flat, square profile microchannel plate. We use x rays with an energy of similar to 1.5 keV from a laser-produced plasma. The images were recorded with x-ray film. We find the focal structure to be consistent with theoretical expectations. The angular resolution of the focus is 0.96 mrad, which is a major improvement over previous results. The measured peak intensity gain is 27 +/- 4, which is similar to 33% of that for a perfect optic. (C) 1996 Optical Society of America

    Journal Title

    Applied Optics

    Volume

    35

    Issue/Number

    22

    Publication Date

    1-1-1996

    Document Type

    Article

    Language

    English

    First Page

    4420

    Last Page

    4425

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:A1996VA28900016

    ISSN

    0003-6935

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