SOFT X-RAY LASER

BRIGHTNESS IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PROPERTIES OF THE NOVEL X-RAY SOURCES, AND THE X-RAY LASER IS THE BRIGHTEST X-RAY SOURCE AVAILABLE. THESE BRIGHT X-RAY SOURCES ARE RAPIDLY BECOMING THE TECHNOLOGICAL BASE TO ADDRESS NEW NEEDS OF DIVERSE MARKETS, WHICH INCLUDE THE MICROSCOPY OF LIVE SPECIMENS WITH PREVIOUSLY UNACHIEVABLE DETAILS (30 NM) AND HIGH RESOLUTION (BETTER THAN 100 NM) LITHOGRAPHY FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF HIGH DENSITY INTEGRATED CIRCUITS, AND TESTING AND INSPECTION OF LITHOGRAPHIC PROCESSES. BASED ON THE X-RAY LASER DEVELOPED AT PRINCETON UNIVERSITY (PXL, INC.'S EXECUTIVE LICENSE) PXL IS NOW DEVELOPING A DESK-TOP X-RAY LASER CAPABLE OF DELIVERING SHORT (NANOSECONDS) PULSES OF EXTREMELY BRIGHT COHERENT NEARLY PARALLEL X-RAY PHOTON BEAMS. THIS PXK PRODUCT WILL MAKE THE BRIGHTEST X-RAY SOURCE AND HIGH RESOLUTION NONDESTRUCTIVE MICROSCOPY AVAILABLE FOR "SMALL-SCIENCE" SETTINGS, AND INDUSTRIAL AND CLINICAL FACILITIES AT LOW COST.