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Title: High duty cycle inverse Compton scattering X-ray source

Journal Article · · Applied Physics Letters
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4972344· OSTI ID:1341708
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  1. RadiaBeam Technologies, LLC., Santa Monica, CA (United States)
  2. Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
  3. Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA (United States)
  4. Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States). National Synchrotron Light Source II (NSLS-II)

Inverse Compton Scattering (ICS) is an emerging compact X-ray source technology, where the small source size and high spectral brightness are of interest for multitude of applications. However, to satisfy the practical flux requirements, a high-repetition-rate ICS system needs to be developed. To this end, this article reports the experimental demonstration of a high peak brightness ICS source operating in a burst mode at 40 MHz. A pulse train interaction has been achieved by recirculating a picosecond CO2 laser pulse inside an active optical cavity synchronized to the electron beam. The pulse train ICS performance has been characterized at 5- and 15- pulses per train and compared to a single pulse operation under the same operating conditions. Lastly, with the observed near-linear X-ray photon yield gain due to recirculation, as well as noticeably higher operational reliability, the burst-mode ICS offers a great potential for practical scalability towards high duty cycles.

Research Organization:
Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP); U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Grant/Contract Number:
SC0012704; SC0007703; AC02-98CH10886; 2014-DN-077-ARI084-01
OSTI ID:
1341708
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1364069
Report Number(s):
BNL-113459-2017-JA; R&D Project: KBCH139; KB0202011; TRN: US1701101
Journal Information:
Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 109, Issue 25; ISSN 0003-6951
Publisher:
American Institute of Physics (AIP)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 10 works
Citation information provided by
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