Nature Communications (Sep 2022)

High-fluence and high-gain multilayer focusing optics to enhance spatial resolution in femtosecond X-ray laser imaging

  • Hirokatsu Yumoto,
  • Takahisa Koyama,
  • Akihiro Suzuki,
  • Yasumasa Joti,
  • Yoshiya Niida,
  • Kensuke Tono,
  • Yoshitaka Bessho,
  • Makina Yabashi,
  • Yoshinori Nishino,
  • Haruhiko Ohashi

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-33014-4
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Here, the authors realize an ultra-high fluence X-ray laser by high-gain multilayer focusing optics. This enables in-solution imaging with 2-nm resolution in a single-pulse exposure, making strides toward biomolecular imaging under physiological conditions.