Laser-wakefield accelerators for high-resolution X-ray imaging of complex microstructures

Hussein, A. E.; Senabulya, N.; Ma, Y.; Streeter, M. J. V.; Kettle, B.; Dann, S. J. D.; Albert, F.; Bourgeois, N.; Cipiccia, S.; Cole, J. M.; Finlay, O.; Gerstmayr, E.; González, I. Gallardo; Higginbotham, A.; Jaroszynski, D. A.; Falk, K.; Krushelnick, K.; Lemos, N.; Lopes, N. C.; Lumsdon, C.; Lundh, O.; Mangles, S. P. D.; Najmudin, Z.; Rajeev, P. P.; Schlepütz, C. M.; Shahzad, M.; Smid, M.; Spesyvtsev, R.; Symes, D. R.; Vieux, G.; Willingale, L.; Wood, J. C.; Shahani, A. J.; Thomas, A. G. R.

doi:10.1038/s41598-019-39845-4

Title: Laser-wakefield accelerators for high-resolution X-ray imaging of complex microstructures

Journal Article · Fri Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 2019 · Scientific Reports

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-39845-4· OSTI ID:1624460

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Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States)
Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States); Lancaster Univ., Bailrigg (United Kingdom); The Cockcroft Inst., Daresbury (United Kingdom)
Lancaster Univ., Bailrigg (United Kingdom); The Cockcroft Inst., Daresbury (United Kingdom); Imperial College, London (United Kingdom)
Imperial College, London (United Kingdom)
Lancaster Univ., Bailrigg (United Kingdom); The Cockcroft Inst., Daresbury (United Kingdom)
Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), Oxford (United Kingdom). Rutherford Appleton Lab. (RAL)
Diamond Light Source (United Kingdom)
Lund Univ. (Sweden)
Univ. of York (United Kingdom)
Lancaster Univ., Bailrigg (United Kingdom); The Cockcroft Inst., Daresbury (United Kingdom); Univ. of Strathclyde, Glasgow (United Kingdom)
Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (Germany); Technische Univ. Dresden (Germany); Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic (ASCR) (Czech Republic)
Imperial College, London (United Kingdom); Univ. of Lisbon (Portugal)
Paul Scherrer Inst. (PSI), Villigen (Switzerland)
Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (Germany); Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic (ASCR) (Czech Republic)

Laser-wakefeld accelerators (LWFAs) are high acceleration-gradient plasma-based particle accelerators capable of producing ultra-relativistic electron beams. Within the strong focusing felds of the wakefeld, accelerated electrons undergo betatron oscillations, emitting a bright pulse of X-rays with a micrometer-scale source size that may be used for imaging applications. Non-destructive X-ray phase contrast imaging and tomography of heterogeneous materials can provide insight into their processing, structure, and performance. To demonstrate the imaging capability of X-rays from an LWFA we have examined an irregular eutectic in the aluminum-silicon (Al-Si) system. The lamellar spacing of the Al-Si eutectic microstructure is on the order of a few micrometers, thus requiring high spatial resolution. We present comparisons between the sharpness and spatial resolution in phase contrast images of this eutectic alloy obtained via X-ray phase contrast imaging at the Swiss Light Source (SLS) synchrotron and X-ray projection microscopy via an LWFA source. An upper bound on the resolving power of 2.7±0.3μm of the LWFA source in this experiment was measured. These results indicate that betatron X-rays from laser wakefeld acceleration can provide an alternative to conventional synchrotron sources for high resolution imaging of eutectics and, more broadly, complex microstructures.

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Research Organization:: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States); Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA); Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC); EuPRAXIA; Laserlab-Europe; Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC); EuCARD-2; Extreme Light Infrastructure (ELI) European Project; Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC); Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC52-07NA27344; NA0002372; ST/P002056/1; ST/P000835/1; 653782; 654148; EP/J018171/1; EP/J500094/1; EP/N028694/1; 312453; POCI/FIS/59574/2004

OSTI ID:: 1624460

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1860668

Report Number(s):: LLNL-JRNL-742178; LLNL-JRNL-758267; PII: 39845; TRN: US2200105

Journal Information:: Scientific Reports, Vol. 9, Issue 1; ISSN 2045-2322

Publisher:: Nature Publishing GroupCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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