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Title: The phase-contrast imaging instrument at the matter in extreme conditions endstation at LCLS

Journal Article · · Review of Scientific Instruments
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4963906· OSTI ID:1348196
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  1. SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
  2. Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), Hamburg (Germany)
  3. SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States); Stanford Univ., Stanford, CA (United States)
  4. SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States); Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
  5. Technische Univ. Dresden, Dresden (Germany)
  6. Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), Hamburg (Germany); Univ. Hamburg, Hamburg (Germany)

We describe the phase-contrast imaging instrument at the Matter in Extreme Conditions (MEC) endstation of the Linac Coherent Light Source. The instrument can image phenomena with a spatial resolution of a few hundreds of nanometers and at the same time reveal the atomic structure through X-ray diffraction, with a temporal resolution better than 100 fs. It was specifically designed for studies relevant to high-energy-density science and can monitor, e.g., shock fronts, phase transitions, or void collapses. This versatile instrument was commissioned last year and is now available to the MEC user community.

Research Organization:
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States); Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
Grant/Contract Number:
SCHR 1137/1-1; SF00515; 05K13OD2; AC02-76SF00515; AC52-06NA25396
OSTI ID:
1348196
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1328232; OSTI ID: 1415396
Report Number(s):
LA-UR-17-24501; TRN: US1701561
Journal Information:
Review of Scientific Instruments, Vol. 87, Issue 10; ISSN 0034-6748
Publisher:
American Institute of Physics (AIP)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 20 works
Citation information provided by
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