Single-Shot Multi-keV X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy Using an Ultrashort Laser-Wakefield Accelerator Source

Kettle, B.; Gerstmayr, E.; Streeter, M.  J. V.; Albert, F.; Baggott, R.  A.; Bourgeois, N.; Cole, J.  M.; Dann, S.; Falk, K.; Gallardo González, I.; Hussein, A.  E.; Lemos, N.; Lopes, N.  C.; Lundh, O.; Ma, Y.; Rose, S.  J.; Spindloe, C.; Symes, D.  R.; Smid, M.; Thomas, A.  G. R.; Watt, R.; Mangles, S.  P. D.

doi:10.1103/physrevlett.123.254801

Title: Single-Shot Multi-keV X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy Using an Ultrashort Laser-Wakefield Accelerator Source

Journal Article · Tue Dec 17 00:00:00 EST 2019 · Physical Review Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.123.254801· OSTI ID:1843564

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Imperial College, London (United Kingdom)
Lancaster Univ., (United Kingdom)
Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), Didcot (United Kingdom)
Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Dresden (Germany); Institute of Physics of the ASCR, Prague (Czech Republic)
Lund Univ. (Sweden)
Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States)
Instituto Superior Tecnico, Lisbon (Portugal)
Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Dresden (Germany)
Lancaster Univ., (United Kingdom); Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States)

We report that single-shot absorption measurements have been performed using the multi-keV x rays generated by a laser-wakefield accelerator. A 200 TW laser was used to drive a laser-wakefield accelerator in a mode which produced broadband electron beams with a maximum energy above 1 GeVand a broad divergence of ≈15 mrad FWHM. Betatron oscillations of these electrons generated 1.2 ± 0.2 x 10⁶ photons/eV in the 5 keV region, with a signal-to-noise ratio of approximately 300:1. This was sufficient to allow high-resolution x-ray absorption near-edge structure measurements at the K edge of a titanium sample in a single shot. We demonstrate that this source is capable of single-shot, simultaneous measurements of both the electron and ion distributions in matter heated to eV temperatures by comparison with density functional theory simulations. The unique combination of a high-flux, large bandwidth, few femtosecond duration x-ray pulse synchronized to a high-power laser will enable key advances in the study of ultrafast energetic processes such as electron-ion equilibration.

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Research Organization:: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Fusion Energy Sciences (FES); European Research Council9ERC)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC52-07NA27344; 682399; SC0019186

OSTI ID:: 1843564

Report Number(s):: LLNL-JRNL-820665; 1031707; TRN: US2302288

Journal Information:: Physical Review Letters, Vol. 123, Issue 25; ISSN 0031-9007

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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