A METHOD FOR DETECTION OF MICROMETRIC AND SUB-MICROMETRIC IMAGES BY MEANS OF IRRADIATION OF A MASK OR OF A BIOLOGICAL SPECIMEN WITH IONIZING RADIATION

摘要

Described herein is a method for detection of micrometric and sub-micrometricimages with high resolution and high dynamics of contrast, and suited forenabling microradiography, x-ray microscopy and the production of colouredconfigurations in dielectric materials. The method consists of radiation ofenergy comprised between 20 and 2000 eV for irradiating a mask or a biologicalspecimen and use of a detector consisting of LiF in the form of a crystal or afilm. The power of the radiation released in the LiF detector during exposureis preferably = 10mW/cm3.