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

Abstract

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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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)

Publication Date:: Tue Dec 17 00:00:00 EST 2019

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

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

OSTI Identifier:: 1843564

Report Number(s):: LLNL-JRNL-820665
Journal ID: ISSN 0031-9007; 1031707; TRN: US2302288

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

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Physical Review Letters

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 123; Journal Issue: 25; Journal ID: ISSN 0031-9007

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY; high-energy density plasmas; astrophysical plasmas; laser wakefield acceleration; strongly-coupled plasmas; warm dense matter; x-ray absorption; spectroscopy

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                    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., and Mangles, S.  P. D. Single-Shot Multi-keV X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy Using an Ultrashort Laser-Wakefield Accelerator Source.  United States: N. p., 2019. 
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                    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. Single-Shot Multi-keV X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy Using an Ultrashort Laser-Wakefield Accelerator Source.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.123.254801

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                    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., and Mangles, S.  P. D. Tue .  
"Single-Shot Multi-keV X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy Using an Ultrashort Laser-Wakefield Accelerator Source".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.123.254801.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1843564.

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  title        = {Single-Shot Multi-keV X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy Using an Ultrashort Laser-Wakefield Accelerator Source},

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

  abstractNote = {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.},

  doi          = {10.1103/physrevlett.123.254801},

  journal      = {Physical Review Letters},

  number       = 25,

  volume       = 123,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Tue Dec 17 00:00:00 EST 2019},

  month        = {Tue Dec 17 00:00:00 EST 2019}

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