Pulsed X-ray imaging of high-density objects using a ten picosecond high-intensity laser driver

D. R. Rusby; C. M. Brenner; C. Armstrong; L. A. Wilson; R. Clarke; A. Alejo; H. Ahmed; N. M. H. Butler; D. Haddock; A. Higginson; A. McClymont; S. R. Mirfayzi; C. Murphy; M. Notley; P. Oliver; R. Allott; C. Hernandez-Gomez; S. Kar; P. McKenna; D. Neely

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Pulsed X-ray imaging of high-density objects using a ten picosecond high-intensity laser driver

D. R. Rusby, C. M. Brenner, C. Armstrong, L. A. Wilson, R. Clarke, A. Alejo, H. Ahmed, N. M. H. Butler, D. Haddock, A. Higginson, A. McClymont, S. R. Mirfayzi, C. Murphy, M. Notley, P. Oliver, R. Allott, C. Hernandez-Gomez, S. Kar, P. McKenna, D. Neely

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Point-like sources of X-rays that are pulsed (sub nanosecond), high energy (up to several MeV) and bright are very promising for industrial and security applications where imaging through large and dense objects is required. Highly penetrating X-rays can be produced by electrons that have been accelerated by a high intensity laser pulse incident onto a thin solid target. We have used a pulse length of ~10ps to accelerate electrons to create a bright x-ray source. The bremsstrahlung temperature was measured for a laser intensity from 8.5-12×1018 W/cm2. These x-rays have sequentially been used to image high density materials using image plate and a pixelated scintillator system.

Original language	English
Article number	99920E
Number of pages	8
Journal	Proceedings of SPIE
Volume	9992
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2241776
Publication status	Published - 25 Oct 2016

Keywords

lasers
X-ray imaging
X-rays
electrons
X-ray sources
scintillators
security technologies

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Rusby, D. R., Brenner, C. M., Armstrong, C., Wilson, L. A., Clarke, R., Alejo, A., Ahmed, H., Butler, N. M. H., Haddock, D., Higginson, A., McClymont, A., Mirfayzi, S. R., Murphy, C., Notley, M., Oliver, P., Allott, R., Hernandez-Gomez, C., Kar, S., McKenna, P., & Neely, D. (2016). Pulsed X-ray imaging of high-density objects using a ten picosecond high-intensity laser driver. Proceedings of SPIE, 9992, Article 99920E. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2241776

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