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Properties of Soft X rays

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Optical Systems for Soft X Rays

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Whenever technological advances have enabled the formation of images using either new energy regimes of electromagnetic radiation or different types of radiation, outstanding, sometimes revolutionary, scientific progress has been made. Examples of this are the use of radio waves and, more recently, infrared radiation in astronomy, and the use of electrons (via electron microscopy) in the biological sciences.

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Michette, A.G. (1986). Properties of Soft X rays. In: Optical Systems for Soft X Rays. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-2223-8_1

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