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Title: Science and Technology of Future Light Sources

Abstract

Many of the important challenges facing humanity, including developing alternative sources of energy and improving health, are being addressed by advances that demand the improved understanding and control of matter. While the visualization, exploration, and manipulation of macroscopic matter have long been technological goals, scientific developments in the twentieth century have focused attention on understanding matter on the atomic scale through the underlying framework of quantum mechanics. Of special interest is matter that consists of natural or artificial nanoscale building blocks defined either by atomic structural arrangements or by electron or spin formations created by collective correlation effects The essence of the challenge to the scientific community has been expressed in five grand challenges for directing matter and energy recently formulated by the Basic Energy Sciences Advisory Committee. These challenges focus on increasing our understanding of, and ultimately control of, matter at the level of atoms, electrons. and spins, as illustrated in Figure 1.1, and serve the entire range of science from advanced materials to life sciences. Meeting these challenges will require new tools that extend our reach into regions of higher spatial, temporal, and energy resolution. X-rays with energies above 10 keV offer capabilities extending beyond the nanoworld shownmore » in Figure 1.1 due to their ability to penetrate into optically opaque or thick objects. This opens the door to combining atomic level information from scattering studies with 3D information on longer length scales from real space imaging with a resolution approaching 1 nm. The investigation of multiple length scales is important in hierarchical structures, providing knowledge about function of living organisms, the atomistic origin of materials failure, the optimization of industrial synthesis, or the working of devices. Since the fundamental interaction that holds matter together is of electromagnetic origin, it is intuitively clear that electromagnetic radiation is the critical tool in the study of material properties. On the level of atoms, electrons, and spins, x-rays have proved especially valuable. Future advanced x-ray sources and instrumentation will extend the power of x-ray methods to reach greater spatial resolution, increased sensitivity, and unexplored temporal domains. The purpose of this document is threefold: (1) summarize scientific opportunities that are beyond the reach of today's x-ray sources and instrumentation; (2) summarize the requirements for advanced x-ray sources and instrumentation needed to realize these scientific opportunities, as well as potential methods of achieving them; and (3) outline the R&D required to establish the technical feasibility of these advanced x-ray sources and instrumentation.« less

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Research Org.:
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States); Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States); Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States); SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE; Accelerator& Fusion Research Division; Advanced Light Source Division; Chemical Sciences Division; Materials Sciences Division
OSTI Identifier:
948040
Report Number(s):
LBNL-1090E-2009
DOE Contract Number:  
AC02-05CH11231
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
43 PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; ATOMS; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ELECTRONS; ENERGY RESOLUTION; EXPLORATION; LIGHT SOURCES; OPTIMIZATION; ORIGIN; QUANTUM MECHANICS; RESOLUTION; SCATTERING; SENSITIVITY; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPIN; SYNTHESIS; X-RAY SOURCES; light sources, x-rays

Citation Formats

Bergmann, Uwe, Corlett, John, Dierker, Steve, Falcone, Roger, Galayda, John, Gibson, Murray, Hastings, Jerry, Hettel, Bob, Hill, John, Hussain, Zahid, Kao, Chi-Chang, Kirz, Janos, Long, Danielle, McCurdy, Bill, Raubenheimer, Tor, Sannibale, Fernando, Seeman, John, Shen, Z. -X., Schenoy, Gopal, Schoenlein, Bob, Shen, Qun, Stephenson, Brian, Stohr, Joachim, and Zholents, Alexander. Science and Technology of Future Light Sources. United States: N. p., 2009. Web. doi:10.2172/948040.
Bergmann, Uwe, Corlett, John, Dierker, Steve, Falcone, Roger, Galayda, John, Gibson, Murray, Hastings, Jerry, Hettel, Bob, Hill, John, Hussain, Zahid, Kao, Chi-Chang, Kirz, Janos, Long, Danielle, McCurdy, Bill, Raubenheimer, Tor, Sannibale, Fernando, Seeman, John, Shen, Z. -X., Schenoy, Gopal, Schoenlein, Bob, Shen, Qun, Stephenson, Brian, Stohr, Joachim, & Zholents, Alexander. Science and Technology of Future Light Sources. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/948040
Bergmann, Uwe, Corlett, John, Dierker, Steve, Falcone, Roger, Galayda, John, Gibson, Murray, Hastings, Jerry, Hettel, Bob, Hill, John, Hussain, Zahid, Kao, Chi-Chang, Kirz, Janos, Long, Danielle, McCurdy, Bill, Raubenheimer, Tor, Sannibale, Fernando, Seeman, John, Shen, Z. -X., Schenoy, Gopal, Schoenlein, Bob, Shen, Qun, Stephenson, Brian, Stohr, Joachim, and Zholents, Alexander. 2009. "Science and Technology of Future Light Sources". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/948040. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/948040.
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author = {Bergmann, Uwe and Corlett, John and Dierker, Steve and Falcone, Roger and Galayda, John and Gibson, Murray and Hastings, Jerry and Hettel, Bob and Hill, John and Hussain, Zahid and Kao, Chi-Chang and Kirz, Janos and Long, Danielle and McCurdy, Bill and Raubenheimer, Tor and Sannibale, Fernando and Seeman, John and Shen, Z. -X. and Schenoy, Gopal and Schoenlein, Bob and Shen, Qun and Stephenson, Brian and Stohr, Joachim and Zholents, Alexander},
abstractNote = {Many of the important challenges facing humanity, including developing alternative sources of energy and improving health, are being addressed by advances that demand the improved understanding and control of matter. While the visualization, exploration, and manipulation of macroscopic matter have long been technological goals, scientific developments in the twentieth century have focused attention on understanding matter on the atomic scale through the underlying framework of quantum mechanics. Of special interest is matter that consists of natural or artificial nanoscale building blocks defined either by atomic structural arrangements or by electron or spin formations created by collective correlation effects The essence of the challenge to the scientific community has been expressed in five grand challenges for directing matter and energy recently formulated by the Basic Energy Sciences Advisory Committee. These challenges focus on increasing our understanding of, and ultimately control of, matter at the level of atoms, electrons. and spins, as illustrated in Figure 1.1, and serve the entire range of science from advanced materials to life sciences. Meeting these challenges will require new tools that extend our reach into regions of higher spatial, temporal, and energy resolution. X-rays with energies above 10 keV offer capabilities extending beyond the nanoworld shown in Figure 1.1 due to their ability to penetrate into optically opaque or thick objects. This opens the door to combining atomic level information from scattering studies with 3D information on longer length scales from real space imaging with a resolution approaching 1 nm. The investigation of multiple length scales is important in hierarchical structures, providing knowledge about function of living organisms, the atomistic origin of materials failure, the optimization of industrial synthesis, or the working of devices. Since the fundamental interaction that holds matter together is of electromagnetic origin, it is intuitively clear that electromagnetic radiation is the critical tool in the study of material properties. On the level of atoms, electrons, and spins, x-rays have proved especially valuable. Future advanced x-ray sources and instrumentation will extend the power of x-ray methods to reach greater spatial resolution, increased sensitivity, and unexplored temporal domains. The purpose of this document is threefold: (1) summarize scientific opportunities that are beyond the reach of today's x-ray sources and instrumentation; (2) summarize the requirements for advanced x-ray sources and instrumentation needed to realize these scientific opportunities, as well as potential methods of achieving them; and (3) outline the R&D required to establish the technical feasibility of these advanced x-ray sources and instrumentation.},
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year = {Wed Jan 28 00:00:00 EST 2009},
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