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Title: Phase-contrast x-ray imaging with intense Ar K{alpha} radiation from femtosecond-laser-driven gas target

Abstract

Intense Ar K{alpha} x ray with very little continuum background has been generated using a dense Ar gas irradiated with an intense femtosecond laser, with the measured flux of 1.2x10{sup 3} photons/mrad{sup 2}/pulse. This compact quasimonochromatic x-ray source, with a source size of only 12 {mu}m, has been applied to x-ray radiographic imaging of a biological specimen, resulting in high-resolution, high quality phase-contrast images. Correlation between this intense K{alpha} emission with the laser channeling in the Ar gas is discussed.

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  1. Advanced Photon Research Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, 8-1 Umemidai Kizugawa, Kyoto 619-0215 (Japan)
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OSTI Identifier:
20971933
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Journal Article
Resource Relation:
Journal Name: Applied Physics Letters; Journal Volume: 90; Journal Issue: 21; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.2742802; (c) 2007 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; ALPHA PARTICLES; BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS; IRRADIATION; LASERS; X RADIATION; X-RAY SOURCES

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Chen, L. M., Kando, M., Ma, J., Kotaki, H., Fukuda, Y., Hayashi, Y., Daito, I., Homma, T., Ogura, K., Mori, M., Pirozhkov, A. S., Koga, J., Daido, H., Bulanov, S. V., Kimura, T., Tajima, T., and Kato, Y. Phase-contrast x-ray imaging with intense Ar K{alpha} radiation from femtosecond-laser-driven gas target. United States: N. p., 2007. Web. doi:10.1063/1.2742802.
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Chen, L. M., Kando, M., Ma, J., Kotaki, H., Fukuda, Y., Hayashi, Y., Daito, I., Homma, T., Ogura, K., Mori, M., Pirozhkov, A. S., Koga, J., Daido, H., Bulanov, S. V., Kimura, T., Tajima, T., & Kato, Y. Phase-contrast x-ray imaging with intense Ar K{alpha} radiation from femtosecond-laser-driven gas target. United States. doi:10.1063/1.2742802.
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Chen, L. M., Kando, M., Ma, J., Kotaki, H., Fukuda, Y., Hayashi, Y., Daito, I., Homma, T., Ogura, K., Mori, M., Pirozhkov, A. S., Koga, J., Daido, H., Bulanov, S. V., Kimura, T., Tajima, T., and Kato, Y. Mon . "Phase-contrast x-ray imaging with intense Ar K{alpha} radiation from femtosecond-laser-driven gas target". United States. doi:10.1063/1.2742802.
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@article{osti_20971933,
title = {Phase-contrast x-ray imaging with intense Ar K{alpha} radiation from femtosecond-laser-driven gas target},
author = {Chen, L. M. and Kando, M. and Ma, J. and Kotaki, H. and Fukuda, Y. and Hayashi, Y. and Daito, I. and Homma, T. and Ogura, K. and Mori, M. and Pirozhkov, A. S. and Koga, J. and Daido, H. and Bulanov, S. V. and Kimura, T. and Tajima, T. and Kato, Y.},
abstractNote = {Intense Ar K{alpha} x ray with very little continuum background has been generated using a dense Ar gas irradiated with an intense femtosecond laser, with the measured flux of 1.2x10{sup 3} photons/mrad{sup 2}/pulse. This compact quasimonochromatic x-ray source, with a source size of only 12 {mu}m, has been applied to x-ray radiographic imaging of a biological specimen, resulting in high-resolution, high quality phase-contrast images. Correlation between this intense K{alpha} emission with the laser channeling in the Ar gas is discussed.},
doi = {10.1063/1.2742802},
journal = {Applied Physics Letters},
number = 21,
volume = 90,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon May 21 00:00:00 EDT 2007},
month = {Mon May 21 00:00:00 EDT 2007}
}
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