Laser plasma x-ray source for ultrafast time-resolved x-ray absorption spectroscopy
Abstract
We describe a laser-driven x-ray plasma source designed for ultrafast x-ray absorption spectroscopy. The source is comprised of a 1 kHz, 20 W, femtosecond pulsed infrared laser and a water target. We present the x-ray spectra as a function of laser energy and pulse duration. Additionally, we investigate the plasma temperature and photon flux as we vary the laser energy. We obtain a 75 μm FWHM x-ray spot size, containing ~106 photons/s, by focusing the produced x-rays with a polycapillary optic. Since the acquisition of x-ray absorption spectra requires the averaging of measurements from >107 laser pulses, we also present data on the source stability, including single pulse measurements of the x-ray yield and the x-ray spectral shape. In single pulse measurements, the x-ray flux has a measured standard deviation of 8%, where the laser pointing is the main cause of variability. Further, we show that the variability in x-ray spectral shape from single pulses is low, thus justifying the combining of x-rays obtained from different laser pulses into a single spectrum. Finally, we show a static x-ray absorption spectrum of a ferrioxalate solution as detected by a microcalorimeter array. Altogether, our results demonstrate that this water-jet based plasma sourcemore »
- Authors:
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- National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder, CO (United States)
- Lund Univ. (Sweden). Department of Chemical Physics.
- Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO (United States)
- Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1212188
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC52-06NA25396
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Structural Dynamics
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 2; Journal Issue: 2; Journal ID: ISSN 2329-7778
- Publisher:
- American Crystallographic Association/AIP
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY; x-ray optics; x-ray lasers; x-ray absorption spectra; x-ray generation; plasma sources
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Miaja-Avila, L., O'Neil, G. C., Uhlig, J., Cromer, C. L., Dowell, M. L., Jimenez, R., Hoover, A. S., Silverman, K. L., and Ullom, J. N. Laser plasma x-ray source for ultrafast time-resolved x-ray absorption spectroscopy. United States: N. p., 2015.
Web. doi:10.1063/1.4913585.
Miaja-Avila, L., O'Neil, G. C., Uhlig, J., Cromer, C. L., Dowell, M. L., Jimenez, R., Hoover, A. S., Silverman, K. L., & Ullom, J. N. Laser plasma x-ray source for ultrafast time-resolved x-ray absorption spectroscopy. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4913585
Miaja-Avila, L., O'Neil, G. C., Uhlig, J., Cromer, C. L., Dowell, M. L., Jimenez, R., Hoover, A. S., Silverman, K. L., and Ullom, J. N. Mon .
"Laser plasma x-ray source for ultrafast time-resolved x-ray absorption spectroscopy". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4913585. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1212188.
@article{osti_1212188,
title = {Laser plasma x-ray source for ultrafast time-resolved x-ray absorption spectroscopy},
author = {Miaja-Avila, L. and O'Neil, G. C. and Uhlig, J. and Cromer, C. L. and Dowell, M. L. and Jimenez, R. and Hoover, A. S. and Silverman, K. L. and Ullom, J. N.},
abstractNote = {We describe a laser-driven x-ray plasma source designed for ultrafast x-ray absorption spectroscopy. The source is comprised of a 1 kHz, 20 W, femtosecond pulsed infrared laser and a water target. We present the x-ray spectra as a function of laser energy and pulse duration. Additionally, we investigate the plasma temperature and photon flux as we vary the laser energy. We obtain a 75 μm FWHM x-ray spot size, containing ~106 photons/s, by focusing the produced x-rays with a polycapillary optic. Since the acquisition of x-ray absorption spectra requires the averaging of measurements from >107 laser pulses, we also present data on the source stability, including single pulse measurements of the x-ray yield and the x-ray spectral shape. In single pulse measurements, the x-ray flux has a measured standard deviation of 8%, where the laser pointing is the main cause of variability. Further, we show that the variability in x-ray spectral shape from single pulses is low, thus justifying the combining of x-rays obtained from different laser pulses into a single spectrum. Finally, we show a static x-ray absorption spectrum of a ferrioxalate solution as detected by a microcalorimeter array. Altogether, our results demonstrate that this water-jet based plasma source is a suitable candidate for laboratory-based time-resolved x-ray absorption spectroscopy experiments.},
doi = {10.1063/1.4913585},
journal = {Structural Dynamics},
number = 2,
volume = 2,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Mar 02 00:00:00 EST 2015},
month = {Mon Mar 02 00:00:00 EST 2015}
}
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