Novette diagnostic x-ray grid resolution target
date: label: date made
content: 1980-09-18
name: label: maker
content: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Diagnostic laser target to check sensitivity of x-ray camera. Housed in a glass tube set on a plastic base. Target set on a tapered glass stalk mounted on a gold support. Paper label on housing reads: "EP #4 / X-Ray Grid / D. Harms / 9/18/80". Donor description: "A x-ray camera grid target. A thin (4 um) mylar foil was coated with 1-2 um of Au [gold] foil. The surface was patterned using photo-lithography techniques to produce 2 um x 2 um x 25 mm [sic] lines spaced 20 um apart. The target was then mounted on a support stalk and used to calibrate the resolution of an x-ray camera."
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Electricity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1985.0236.03
label: accession number
content: 1985.0236
label: catalog number
content: 1985.0236.03
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Target
label: Object Name
content: laser target
label: Other Terms
content: Target; Lasers and Masers
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: housing: 5 in x 1 1/2 in; 12.7 cm x 3.81 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 1/4 in x 1/2 in; 8.255 cm x 1.27 cm