Method for efficient, narrow-bandwidth, laser compton x-ray and gamma-ray sources

Title: Method for efficient, narrow-bandwidth, laser compton x-ray and gamma-ray sources

Abstract

A method of x-ray and gamma-ray generation via laser Compton scattering uses the interaction of a specially-formatted, highly modulated, long duration, laser pulse with a high-frequency train of high-brightness electron bunches to both create narrow bandwidth x-ray and gamma-ray sources and significantly increase the laser to Compton photon conversion efficiency.

Inventors:: Barty, Christopher P. J.

Issue Date:: 2018-05-29

Research Org.:: Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1452908

Patent Number(s):: 9,986,627

Application Number:: 15/635,119

Assignee:: Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, CA)

DOE Contract Number:: AC52-07NA27344

Resource Type:: Patent

Resource Relation:: Patent File Date: 2017 Jun 27

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

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  abstractNote = {A method of x-ray and gamma-ray generation via laser Compton scattering uses the interaction of a specially-formatted, highly modulated, long duration, laser pulse with a high-frequency train of high-brightness electron bunches to both create narrow bandwidth x-ray and gamma-ray sources and significantly increase the laser to Compton photon conversion efficiency.},

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Compact, high-flux, short-pulse x-ray source patent, June 2008

Isotopic imaging via nuclear resonance fluorescence with laser-based Thomson radiation patent, July 2009

Apparatus system, and method for high flux, compact compton x-ray source patent, September 2009

Use of nearly monochromatic and tunable photon sources with nuclear resonance fluorescence in non-intrusive inspection of containers for material detection and imaging patent, April 2010

Dual isotope notch observer for isotope identification, assay and imaging with mono-energetic gamma-ray sources patent, February 2013

High flux, narrow bandwidth compton light sources via extended laser-electron interactions patent, January 2015

Radiation scanning units including a movable platform patent-application, June 2004

Inexpensive variable rep-rate source for high-energy, ultrafast lasers patent-application, December 2004

Aspheric diffractive reference for interferometric lens metrology patent-application, August 2005

High power short pulse fiber laser patent-application, October 2005

Reduced loss high efficiency diffractive and associated methods patent-application, July 2006

Use of nearly monochromatic and tunable photon sources with nuclear resonance fluorescence in non-intrusive inspection of containers for material detection and imaging patent-application, August 2006

Adaptive Scanning Of Materials Using Nuclear Resonance Fluorescence Imaging patent, August 2006

Compact, high-flux, short-pulse x-ray source patent-application, November 2006

Practical approach for one mJ femtosecond fiber laser patent-application, August 2007

Advanced Multi-Resonant, Multi-Mode Gamma Beam Detection And Imaging System For Explosives, Special Nuclear Material (Snm), High-Z Materials, And Other Contraband patent-application, November 2007

Isotopic Imaging Via Nuclear Resonance Fluorescence With Laser-Based Thomson Radiation patent-application, June 2009

Source of Femtosecond Laser Pulses patent-application, January 2011

Compact Coherent Current and Radiation Source patent-application, November 2012

Inverse compton scattering gamma ray source journal, September 2009

Design and operation of a tunable MeV-level Compton-scattering-based γ -ray source journal, July 2010

Transmission-based detection of nuclides with nuclear resonance fluorescence using a quasimonoenergetic photon source journal, October 2009

High-Power Picosecond Pulse Recirculation for Inverse Compton Scattering journal, November 2008

High-power picosecond laser pulse recirculation journal, January 2010

Extreme Light Infrastructure: nuclear physics conference, June 2011

Applications Of Nuclear Resonance Fluorescence Of Gamma Rays To Elemental Analysis
patent, December 1973

Method and apparatus for producing X-rays
patent, July 1986

Gamma-gamma resonance in activation analysis, and particularly, its application to detection of nitrogen based explosives in luggage
patent, August 1991

Explosives detection using resonance fluorescence of bremsstrahlung radiation
patent, May 1992

Tunable source of monochromatic, highly-directional x-rays and a method for producing such radiation
patent, September 1993

Nuclear resonances in activation analysis, and particularly, its application to detection of nitrogen based explosives in luggage
patent, March 1994

Nuclear resonances in activation analysis, and particularly, its application to detection of nitrogen based explosives in luggage
patent, June 1994

Laser synchrotron source (LSS)
patent, October 1994

Detection of explosives and other materials using resonance fluorescence, resonance absorption, and other electromagnetic processes with bremsstrahlung radiation
patent, May 1995

Hybrid short-pulse amplifiers with phase-mismatch compensated pulse stretchers and compressors
patent, December 1998

Compton backscattered collmated X-ray source
patent, March 2000

Coherent x-ray scatter inspection system with sidescatter and energy-resolved detection
patent, August 2002

Etalon, a wavelength monitor/locker using the etalon and associated methods
patent, December 2003

Wavelength compensated optical wavelength division coupler and associated methods
patent, January 2004

System and method for producing pulsed monochromatic X-rays
patent, February 2004

Method and apparatus for radiation detection
patent, June 2006

Adaptive scanning of materials using nuclear resonance fluorescence imaging
patent, October 2006

Apparatus, system, and method for high flux, compact compton x-ray source
patent, October 2007

Compact, high-flux, short-pulse x-ray source
patent, June 2008

Isotopic imaging via nuclear resonance fluorescence with laser-based Thomson radiation
patent, July 2009

Apparatus system, and method for high flux, compact compton x-ray source
patent, September 2009

Use of nearly monochromatic and tunable photon sources with nuclear resonance fluorescence in non-intrusive inspection of containers for material detection and imaging
patent, April 2010

Dual isotope notch observer for isotope identification, assay and imaging with mono-energetic gamma-ray sources
patent, February 2013

High flux, narrow bandwidth compton light sources via extended laser-electron interactions
patent, January 2015

Radiation scanning units including a movable platform
patent-application, June 2004

Inexpensive variable rep-rate source for high-energy, ultrafast lasers
patent-application, December 2004

Aspheric diffractive reference for interferometric lens metrology
patent-application, August 2005

High power short pulse fiber laser
patent-application, October 2005

Reduced loss high efficiency diffractive and associated methods
patent-application, July 2006

Use of nearly monochromatic and tunable photon sources with nuclear resonance fluorescence in non-intrusive inspection of containers for material detection and imaging
patent-application, August 2006

Adaptive Scanning Of Materials Using Nuclear Resonance Fluorescence Imaging
patent, August 2006

Compact, high-flux, short-pulse x-ray source
patent-application, November 2006

Practical approach for one mJ femtosecond fiber laser
patent-application, August 2007

Advanced Multi-Resonant, Multi-Mode Gamma Beam Detection And Imaging System For Explosives, Special Nuclear Material (Snm), High-Z Materials, And Other Contraband
patent-application, November 2007

Isotopic Imaging Via Nuclear Resonance Fluorescence With Laser-Based Thomson Radiation
patent-application, June 2009

Source of Femtosecond Laser Pulses
patent-application, January 2011

Compact Coherent Current and Radiation Source
patent-application, November 2012

Inverse compton scattering gamma ray source
journal, September 2009

Design and operation of a tunable MeV-level Compton-scattering-based $γ$ -ray source
journal, July 2010

Transmission-based detection of nuclides with nuclear resonance fluorescence using a quasimonoenergetic photon source
journal, October 2009

High-Power Picosecond Pulse Recirculation for Inverse Compton Scattering
journal, November 2008

High-power picosecond laser pulse recirculation
journal, January 2010

Extreme Light Infrastructure: nuclear physics
conference, June 2011