X-Ray Microscopy

I X-Ray Sources.- 1. The BESSY Soft X-Ray Source and Future Developments.- 2. Recent and Future Developments at L.U.R.E. (Orsay).- 3. X-Ray Emission from a 1kJ Plasma Focus.- 4. Laser Produced Plasma VUV and Soft X-Ray Light Sources.- 5. Spectral Radiant Power Measurements of VUV and Soft X-Ray Sources.- II X-Ray Optics.- 6. Optimum Zone Plate Theory and Design.- 7. Planar Techniques for Fabricating X-Ray Diffraction Gratings and Zone Plates.- 8. Zone Plates for X-Ray Microscopy.- 9. Construction of a Micro Zone Plate and Evaluation of Imaging Properties.- 10. Construction of Condenser Zone Plates for a Scanning X-Ray Microscope.- 11. Recent Advances in X-Ray Optics.- 12. Fabrication of Small Linewidth Diffractive Optics for Use with Soft X-Rays.- 13. Submicron Lithography by Demagnifying Electron-Beam Projection.- 14. Grazing Incidence Optics for X-Ray Microscopy.- 15. Use of Multilayers for X-UV Optics: Their Fabrication and Tests in France.- 16. Multilayers for X-Ray Optical Applications.- 17. Performance Tests on Layered Synthetic Microstructures (LSM's) for X-Ray Optical Elements.- III X-Ray Detectors.- 18. Charge and Scintillation Gaseous Detectors for Low Energy X-Rays.- 19. The Detection of Soft X-Rays with Charge-Coupled Detectors.- IV X-Ray Microscopes.- 20. The Göttingen X-Ray Microscope and X-Ray Microscopy Experiments at the BESSY Storage Ring.- 21. Recent Results from the Stony Brook Scanning Microscope.- 22. The Göttingen Scanning X-Ray Microscope.- 23. A Scanning Soft X-Ray Microscope Using Normal Incidence Mirrors.- 24. X-Ray Microscopy at the Daresbury Laboratory.- 25. X-Ray Microscopy at Imperial College.- 26. Photoelectron X-Ray Microscopy: Recent Developments.- V Applications of X-Ray Microscopy.- 27. Prospects and Problems in X-Ray Microscopy.- 28. Biological Applications of X-Ray Contact Microscopy.- 29. Recent Developments in X-Ray Contact Microscopy.- 30. Soft X-Ray Contact Microscopy and Microchemical Analysis of Biological Specimens.- 31. X-Ray Microscopy as a Possible Tool for the Investigation of Plant Cells.- 32. Possible Applications of X-Ray Microscopy in Pathology.- 33. Time Resolved X-Ray Spectroscopy in Biology.- 34. Quantitative Microanalysis with High Resolution Using Soft X-Rays - Possible Applications.- 35. On the Possibility of Imaging Microstructures by Soft X-Ray Diffraction Pattern Analysis.- VI X-Ray Holography.- 36. Possibilities for X-Ray Holography Using Synchrotron Radiation.- 37. The Study of the Helical Undulator Parameters Installed in the Storage Ring VEPP-2M as a Source of X-Ray Microscopy and Holography.- Index of Contributors.