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Title: Free-electron laser inverse-Compton interaction x-ray source

Journal Article · · Physical Review Accelerators and Beams
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  1. Univ. of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI (United States); Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), Hamburg (Germany)
  2. Univ. of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI (United States)
  3. Univ. of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI (United States); Oceanit, Honolulu, HI (United States)
  4. Univ. of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI (United States); SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
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Free-electron lasers (FEL) and synchrotron sources of high brilliance x-rays have been confirmed to be of tremendous value in basic and applied research. Inverse-Compton sources (ICS) can achieve brilliance matching the requirements of many applications pioneered at those FEL and synchrotron facilities—including phase contrast imaging, macromolecular x-ray crystallography, and x-ray microscopy—but with size, cost, and complexity compatible with a small laboratory. The free-electron laser inverse-Compton interaction compact x-ray source at the University of Hawaii at Manoa is a unique approach to an ICS which employs an FEL as the laser source. We have measured a total average flux of 3.0 × 105 photons / second with an average brilliance of 2.0 × 107 photons / s mm2 mrad2 0.1% of bandwidth (BW) with a peak energy of 10.9 keV from the source. While these results are modest in comparison to the standards set by other IC sources, upgrades to the system have the potential to increase the total average flux to 9.2 × 1011 photons / second with an average brilliance of 1.9 × 1012 photons / s mm2 mrad2 0.1% BW: comparing more favorably to other sources. We discuss the scientific program, the progress made in design and development, and the achievements of the source to date. We also outline future upgrades and integration needed to yield an enabling source for emerging high brilliance x-ray applications.

Research Organization:
SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States); Univ. of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
National Science Foundation (NSF); Department of Homeland Security Academic Research Initiative; USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)
Grant/Contract Number:
AC02-76SF00515; 2010-DN-077-AR1045-02; 2011-DN-077-AR1055-02; SC0010504
OSTI ID:
1532398
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1597519
Journal Information:
Physical Review Accelerators and Beams, Vol. 22, Issue 4; ISSN 2469-9888
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 4 works
Citation information provided by
Web of Science

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