Coherent diffractive imaging using phase front modifications.

Phys Rev Lett

Paul Scherrer Institut, 5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland.

Published: April 2008

We introduce a coherent diffractive imaging technique that utilizes multiple exposures with modifications to the phase profile of the transmitted wave front to compensate for the missing phase information. This is a single spot technique sensitive to both the transmission and phase shift through the sample. Along with the details of the method, we present results from the first proof of principle experiment. The experiment was performed with 6.0 keV x rays, in which an estimated spatial resolution of 200 nm was achieved.

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