Imaging characteristics of 2.5 keV multilayer Kirkpatrick-Baez microscope

A 2.5 keV multilayer Kirkpatrick-Baez microscope was developed and its imaging characteristics were studied from aspects of optical design and experimental calibration. The optical parameters were determined by analyzing the influences of grazing incidence angle, magnification, and radius of curvature on modulation transfer function(MTF). The multilayer, simultaneously working at 2.5 keV and 8 keV, was designed and coated to complete the system alignment. The imaging result at ShenguangⅡ laser facility shows that the MTF over the object field of 100 m is above 0.6 for 20 m wavelength, significantly better than those of the existing pinhole camera and point-projection X-ray radiography. The microscope, coupled with the streak camera, can be used for dynamic diagnostics of target ablation with small spatial perturbation mode.