Observation of pulsed x-ray trains produced by laser-electron Compton scatterings

Journal Article · Tue Dec 15 00:00:00 EST 2009 · Review of Scientific Instruments

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3272789· OSTI ID:22051112

Sakaue, Kazuyuki; Washio, Masakazu ^[1]; Araki, Sakae; Fukuda, Masafumi; Higashi, Yasuo; Honda, Yosuke; Omori, Tsunehiko; Taniguchi, Takashi; Terunuma, Nobuhiro; Urakawa, Junji ^[2]; Sasao, Noboru ^[3]

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1. Research Institute for Science and Engineering, Waseda University, 3-4-1 Okubo, Shinjuku, Tokyo 169-8555 (Japan)
2. KEK (High Energy Accelerator Research Organization), 1-1 Oho, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0801 (Japan)
3. Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Sakyo, Kyoto 606-8502 (Japan)

X-ray generation based on laser-electron Compton scattering is one attractive method to achieve a compact laboratory-sized high-brightness x-ray source. We have designed, built, and tested such a source; it combines a 50 MeV multibunch electron linac with a mode-locked 1064 nm laser stored and amplified in a Fabry-Perot optical cavity. We directly observed trains of pulsed x rays using a microchannel plate detector; the resultant yield was found to be 1.2x10{sup 5} Hz in good agreement with prediction. We believe that the result has demonstrated good feasibility of linac-based compact x-ray sources via laser-electron Compton scatterings.

• OSTI ID: 22051112
• Journal Information: Review of Scientific Instruments, Vol. 80, Issue 12; Other Information: (c) 2009 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0034-6748
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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43 PARTICLE ACCELERATORS
46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
BEAM BUNCHING
BRIGHTNESS
CAVITY RESONATORS
COMPTON EFFECT
ELECTRON BEAMS
ELECTRONS
FABRY-PEROT INTERFEROMETER
LASER RADIATION
LASERS
LINEAR ACCELERATORS
MEV RANGE
MICROCHANNEL ELECTRON MULTIPLIERS
PHOTON-ELECTRON COLLISIONS
X RADIATION
X-RAY DETECTION
X-RAY SOURCES
YIELDS