title: Coherent diffractive imaging microscope with a high-order harmonic source.
abstract: We report the generation of highly coherent extreme ultraviolet sources with wavelengths around 30 and 10 nm by phase-matched high-order harmonic generation (HHG) in a gas cell filled with argon and helium, respectively. We then perform coherent diffractive imaging (CDI) by using a focused narrow-bandwidth HHG source with wavelength around 30 nm as an illumination beam for two kinds of samples. The first is a transmission sample and the second is a absorption sample. In addition, we report the successful reconstruction of a complex absorption sample using a tabletop high-harmonic source. This will open the path to the realization of a compact soft x-ray microscope to investigate biological samples such as membrane proteins.
authors.forename: Khuong Ba
authors.initials: KB
authors.lastname: Dinh
authors.forename: Hoang Vu
authors.initials: HV
authors.lastname: Le
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hannaford
authors.forename: Lap Van
authors.initials: LV
authors.lastname: Dao