ABSTRACT

The discovery and developments of visible light microscopy undoubtedly moved forward the advancements in various branches of science. Synchrotron radiation is generated by charged particles traveling at relativistic speeds in applied magnetic fields. This causes the particles to travel along curved paths. The future development of nanotechnology requires tools for imaging of various objects with spatial resolution in the nanometer scale. Photon-based (bosonic-type) imaging at short wavelength vs. electron, or recently, neutron imaging has additional advantages due to a different interaction of photons with matter. The coherence should be divided, however, into two types: spatial and temporal coherence. Spatial coherence is related to the ability of two rays, emerging from different locations in space to interfere.