title: 3D simulation of the image formation in soft x-ray microscopes.
abstract: In water-window soft x-ray microscopy the studied object is typically larger than the depth of focus and the sample illumination is often partially coherent. This blurs out-of-focus features and may introduce considerable fringing. Understanding the influence of these phenomena on the image formation is therefore important when interpreting experimental data. Here we present a wave-propagation model operating in 3D for simulating the image formation of thick objects in partially coherent soft x-ray microscopes. The model is compared with present simulation methods as well as with experiments. The results show that our model predicts the image formation of transmission soft x-ray microscopes more accurately than previous models.
authors.forename: Mårten
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Selin
authors.forename: Emelie
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Fogelqvist
authors.forename: Anders
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Holmberg
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Guttmann
authors.forename: Ulrich
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Vogt
authors.forename: Hans M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Hertz