Ultrabright Laser-based MeV-class Light Source

Conference · Wed Apr 02 00:00:00 EDT 2008

OSTI ID:932397

Albert, F; Anderson, G; Anderson, S; Bayramian, A; Berry, B; Betts, S; Dawson, J; Ebbers, C; Gibson, D; Hagmann, C; Hall, J; Hartemann, F; Hartouni, E; Heebner, J; Hernandez, J; Johnson, M; Messerly, M; McNabb, D; Phan, H; Pruet, J ; Semenov, V; Shverdin, M; Sridharan, A; Tremaine, A; Siders, C W; Barty, C J

We report first light from a novel, new source of 10-ps 0.776-MeV gamma-ray pulses known as T-REX (Thomson-Radiated Extreme X-rays). The MeV-class radiation produced by TREX is unique in the world with respect to its brightness, spectral purity, tunability, pulse duration and laser-like beam character. With T-REX, one can use photons to efficiently probe and excite the isotope-dependent resonant structure of atomic nucleus. This ability will be enabling to an entirely new class of isotope-specific, high resolution imaging and detection capabilities.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-48
• OSTI ID: 932397
• Report Number(s): LLNL-CONF-402784; TRN: US0803527
• Resource Relation: Conference: Presented at: CLEO/QELS 08, San Jose, CA, United States, May 04 - May 09, 2008
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

42 ENGINEERING
BRIGHTNESS
DETECTION
LIGHT SOURCES
PHOTONS
PROBES
RADIATIONS
RESOLUTION