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Radiation Sources for X-Ray Microscopy

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In this chapter we describe sources that have been used or are being developed for soft x-ray microscopy. The most important of these are synchrotron radiation, plasma sources, and microfocus sources. There are some further processes, such as transition radiation(1) and channelling radiation(2) which cause emission of soft X rays but, as yet, sources that use these have not been constructed. First, however, the difficulties in using conventional (electron-impact) sources are discussed.

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Michette, A.G. (1990). Radiation Sources for X-Ray Microscopy. In: Duke, P.J., Michette, A.G. (eds) Modern Microscopies. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-1467-7_3

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