A coherence approach to phase-contrast microscopy II: experiment

B D Arhatari; A G Peele; K Hannah; P Kappen; K A Nugent; G J Williams; G C Yin; Y M Chen; J H Chen; Y F Song

doi:10.1016/j.ultramic.2008.11.015

A coherence approach to phase-contrast microscopy II: experiment

Ultramicroscopy. 2009 Feb;109(3):280-6. doi: 10.1016/j.ultramic.2008.11.015. Epub 2008 Dec 6.

Authors

B D Arhatari¹, A G Peele, K Hannah, P Kappen, K A Nugent, G J Williams, G C Yin, Y M Chen, J H Chen, Y F Song

Affiliation

¹ Department of Physics, LaTrobe University, Victoria 3086, Australia. [email protected]

PMID: 19162395
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultramic.2008.11.015

Abstract

We report an experimental investigation of the optical transfer functions for an X-ray microscope operated in defocus phase-contrast mode. The results are compared with a theoretical model of partially coherent image formation and are found to be in excellent agreement.