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Quantum 2.0 Conference and Exhibition

Nanometric-scale phase contrast imaging with undetected x-ray photons

H. Aknin, S. Shwartz

Published Jan 1, 2023• 0 citations
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Abstract

We show that a system using down conversion of x-ray photons into optical photons together with the concept of quantum imaging with undetected photons can provide nanoscale resolution even for radiation sensitive samples.
DOI
10.1364/quantum.2023.qth3a.2

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