THE SOFT-X-RAY TRANSMISSION PROPERTIES OF THIN POLYIMIDE WINDOWS AND THEIR APPLICATION TO FUTURE DETECTORS

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BAVDAZ, M
PEACOCK, A
FUCHS, D
LEDERER, T
MULLER, P
SCHOLZE, F
ULM, G
VITTANEN, VP
MUTIKAINEN, R
机构
[1] PHYS TECH BUNDESANSTALT,D-10587 BERLIN,GERMANY
[2] METOREX INT OY,SF-002201 ESPOO,FINLAND
[3] TECH RES CTR FINLAND,VTT ELECTR,SF-02044 ESPOO,FINLAND
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10.1063/1.1145659
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TH7 [仪器、仪表];
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0804 ; 080401 ; 081102 ;
摘要
The x-ray transmission properties of a very thin polyimide window in the range 7-310 Å have been investigated. The window is nominally 0.24 μm thick and is supported by a hexagonal polyimide grid. Transmission of over 60% and 80% at the oxygen Kα and carbon Kα lines, respectively, have been achieved. The use of such windows as the entrance window of a gas scintillation counter (GSPC) operating as a broadband spectrometer at XUV wavelengths is discussed. Overall detector efficiencies of greater than 10% for wavelengths less than 150 Å are possible to achieve. © 1995 American Institute of Physics.
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