Time Resolved Holography Scheme Using a Table Top Soft X-Ray Laser

We demonstrate a versatile table-top holography setup capable of acquiring single-shot soft X-ray holograms with a 10-90% knife edge spatial resolution of 170 +/- 26 nm and 1 ns temporal resolution. A Fresnel zone plate is used to create the reference wave as well as to illuminate the sample in a Fourier transform holography scheme. A 100 mu m in diameter central opening in the zone plate allows the incident beam to pass through and directly illuminate the object. A pinhole is located in the sample mask allowing the first order from the zone plate to pass while blocking the higher orders. This setup can be used to enhance edges for conventional single-shot soft X-ray holography imaging.