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Optimizing the energy bandwidth for transmission full-field X-ray microscopy experiments.

ABSTRACT: Full-field transmission X-ray microscopy (TXM) is a very potent high-resolution X-ray imaging technique. However, it is challenging to achieve fast acquisitions because of the limited efficiency of the optics. Using a broader energy bandwidth, for example using a multilayer monochromator, directly increases the flux in the experiment. The advantage of more counts needs to be weighed against a deterioration in achievable resolution because focusing optics show chromatic aberrations. This study presents theoretical considerations of how much the resolution is affected by an increase in bandwidth as well as measurements at different energy bandwidths (ΔE/E = 0.013%, 0.27%, 0.63%) and the impact on achievable resolution. It is shown that using a multilayer monochromator instead of a classical silicon double-crystal monochromator can increase the flux by an order of magnitude with only a limited effect on the resolution.

SUBMITTER: Storm M

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8733970 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Optimizing the energy bandwidth for transmission full-field X-ray microscopy experiments.

Storm Malte M Döring Florian F Marathe Shashidhara S Cipiccia Silvia S David Christian C Rau Christoph C

Journal of synchrotron radiation 20220101 Pt 1

Full-field transmission X-ray microscopy (TXM) is a very potent high-resolution X-ray imaging technique. However, it is challenging to achieve fast acquisitions because of the limited efficiency of the optics. Using a broader energy bandwidth, for example using a multilayer monochromator, directly increases the flux in the experiment. The advantage of more counts needs to be weighed against a deterioration in achievable resolution because focusing optics show chromatic aberrations. This study pr ...[more]

PMID: 34985431

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