TY - JOUR
T1 - Compact source of narrowband and tunable X-rays for radiography
AU - Banerjee, Sudeep
AU - Chen, Shouyuan
AU - Powers, Nathan
AU - Haden, Daniel
AU - Liu, Cheng
AU - Golovin, G.
AU - Zhang, Jun
AU - Zhao, Baozhen
AU - Clarke, S.
AU - Pozzi, S.
AU - Silano, J.
AU - Karwowski, H.
AU - Umstadter, Donald
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 Elsevier B.V.
PY - 2015/5/1
Y1 - 2015/5/1
N2 - We discuss the development of a compact X-ray source based on inverse-Compton scattering with a laser-driven electron beam. This source produces a beam of high-energy X-rays in a narrow cone angle (5-10 mrad), at a rate of 108 photons-s-1. Tunable operation of the source over a large energy range, with energy spread of ∼50%, has also been demonstrated. Photon energies >10 MeV have been obtained. The narrowband nature of the source is advantageous for radiography with low dose, low noise, and minimal shielding.
AB - We discuss the development of a compact X-ray source based on inverse-Compton scattering with a laser-driven electron beam. This source produces a beam of high-energy X-rays in a narrow cone angle (5-10 mrad), at a rate of 108 photons-s-1. Tunable operation of the source over a large energy range, with energy spread of ∼50%, has also been demonstrated. Photon energies >10 MeV have been obtained. The narrowband nature of the source is advantageous for radiography with low dose, low noise, and minimal shielding.
KW - Photonuclear physics
KW - Thomson scattering
KW - Wakefield acceleration
KW - X-rays
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U2 - 10.1016/j.nimb.2015.01.015
DO - 10.1016/j.nimb.2015.01.015
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84939998819
SN - 0168-583X
VL - 350
SP - 106
EP - 111
JO - Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms
JF - Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms
ER -