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The
x-ray microscope XM-1 is operated since 1994 by the Center
for X-Ray Optics (CXRO) at the Advanced
Light Source (ALS). It provides high spatial resolution
(down to 15nm) imaging of samples which are transparent for
soft X-rays.
Its user-friendly design allows a high throughput of
samples in a wide variety of applications such as nanomagnetism,
materials and environmental
science and biological applications.
XM-1 is modeled after a conventional light microscope. The
light we use is x-ray radiation emitted from a bending magnet,
the lenses are zone plates, which are fabricated by the Nanofabrication
Laboratory of CXRO and the image is formed onto a CCD
detector.
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