Abstract
Advances in the development of free-electron lasers offer the realistic prospect of nanoscale imaging on the timescale of atomic motions. We identify X-ray Fourier-transform holography as a promising but, so far, inefficient scheme to do this. We show that a uniformly redundant array placed next to the sample, multiplies the efficiency of X-ray Fourier transform holography by more than three orders of magnitude, approaching that of a perfect lens, and provides holographic images with both amplitude- and phase-contrast information. The experiments reported here demonstrate this concept by imaging a nano-fabricated object at a synchrotron source, and a bacterial cell with a soft-X-ray free-electron laser, where illumination by a single 15-fs pulse was successfully used in producing the holographic image. As X-ray lasers move to shorter wavelengths we expect to obtain higher spatial resolution ultrafast movies of transient states of matter.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 560-563 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Nature Photonics |
| Volume | 2 |
| Issue number | 9 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Sep 1 2008 |
| Externally published | Yes |
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- Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
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Massively parallel X-ray holography. / Marchesini, Stefano; Boutet, Sébastien; Sakdinawat, Anne E.; Bogan, Michael J.; Bajt, Sǎa; Barty, Anton; Chapman, Henry N.; Frank, Matthias; Hau-Riege, Stefan P.; Szöke, Abraham; Cui, Congwu; Shapiro, David A.; Howells, Malcolm R.; Spence, John C.H.; Shaevitz, Joshua W.; Lee, Joanna Y.; Hajdu, Janos; Seibert, Marvin M.
In: Nature Photonics, Vol. 2, No. 9, 01.09.2008, p. 560-563.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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AU - Marchesini, Stefano
AU - Boutet, Sébastien
AU - Sakdinawat, Anne E.
AU - Bogan, Michael J.
AU - Bajt, Sǎa
AU - Barty, Anton
AU - Chapman, Henry N.
AU - Frank, Matthias
AU - Hau-Riege, Stefan P.
AU - Szöke, Abraham
AU - Cui, Congwu
AU - Shapiro, David A.
AU - Howells, Malcolm R.
AU - Spence, John C.H.
AU - Shaevitz, Joshua W.
AU - Lee, Joanna Y.
AU - Hajdu, Janos
AU - Seibert, Marvin M.
PY - 2008/9/1
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N2 - Advances in the development of free-electron lasers offer the realistic prospect of nanoscale imaging on the timescale of atomic motions. We identify X-ray Fourier-transform holography as a promising but, so far, inefficient scheme to do this. We show that a uniformly redundant array placed next to the sample, multiplies the efficiency of X-ray Fourier transform holography by more than three orders of magnitude, approaching that of a perfect lens, and provides holographic images with both amplitude- and phase-contrast information. The experiments reported here demonstrate this concept by imaging a nano-fabricated object at a synchrotron source, and a bacterial cell with a soft-X-ray free-electron laser, where illumination by a single 15-fs pulse was successfully used in producing the holographic image. As X-ray lasers move to shorter wavelengths we expect to obtain higher spatial resolution ultrafast movies of transient states of matter.
AB - Advances in the development of free-electron lasers offer the realistic prospect of nanoscale imaging on the timescale of atomic motions. We identify X-ray Fourier-transform holography as a promising but, so far, inefficient scheme to do this. We show that a uniformly redundant array placed next to the sample, multiplies the efficiency of X-ray Fourier transform holography by more than three orders of magnitude, approaching that of a perfect lens, and provides holographic images with both amplitude- and phase-contrast information. The experiments reported here demonstrate this concept by imaging a nano-fabricated object at a synchrotron source, and a bacterial cell with a soft-X-ray free-electron laser, where illumination by a single 15-fs pulse was successfully used in producing the holographic image. As X-ray lasers move to shorter wavelengths we expect to obtain higher spatial resolution ultrafast movies of transient states of matter.
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