OSSD Meeting
June, 2005
"Development of a Compact X-ray Microscope"
by
Scott Bloom Ph.D.
JMAR Technologies,
San Diego
A
handful of X-ray microscopes, currently located on synchrotrons around the world,
have many applications from biological imaging to materials science. In the soft
x-ray region between the carbon K-edge (290 eV) and the oxygen K-edge (530 eV),
organic matter is absorbing whereas water is relatively transparent, thus providing
a contrast mechanism that permits microscopic analysis and imaging of cells in
their natural aqueous environment. Diffraction limited resolution x-ray optics
results in high spatial resolution. This talk discusses recent efforts to produce
a compact x-ray microscope using a laser produced plasma x-ray source.
Scott
Bloom is the general manager of the Research Division at JMAR Technologies,
Inc. This meeting will be held at the Research Division of JMAR in Sorrento Valley.
