Short-pulse laser-driven x-ray radiography

E. Brambrink; S. Baton; M. Koenig; R. Yurchak; N. Bidaut; B. Albertazzi; J. E. Cross; G. Gregori; A. Rigby; E. Falize; A. Pelka; F. Kroll; S. Pikuz; Y. Sakawa; N. Ozaki; C. Kuranz; M. Manuel; C. Li; P. Tzeferacos; D. Lamb

doi:10.1017/hpl.2016.31

High Power Laser Science and Engineering, Volume. 4, Issue 3, 03000e30(2016)

Short-pulse laser-driven x-ray radiography

E. Brambrink^1,2、*, S. Baton^1,2, M. Koenig^1,2,3, R. Yurchak^1,2, N. Bidaut^1,2, B. Albertazzi^1,2, J. E. Cross⁴, G. Gregori⁴, A. Rigby⁴, E. Falize⁵, A. Pelka⁶, F. Kroll⁶, S. Pikuz⁷, Y. Sakawa⁸, N. Ozaki⁹, C. Kuranz¹⁰, M. Manuel¹⁰, C. Li¹¹, P. Tzeferacos¹², and D. Lamb¹²

Author Affiliations

¹LULI - CNRS, Ecole Polytechnique, CEA : Universit′e Paris-Saclay

²UPMC Univ Paris 06 : Sorbonne Universit′es - F-91128 Palaiseau cedex, France

³Institute for Academic Initiatives, Osaka U., Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan

⁴Clarendon Laboratory, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PU, UK

⁵CEA-DAM-DIF, F-91297 Arpajon, France

⁶HZDR, Bautzner Landstrae 400, 01328 Dresden, Germany

⁷JIHT-RAS, 13-2 Izhorskaya st., Moscow, 125412, Russia

⁸Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka U., Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan

⁹Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka U., Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan

¹⁰Department of Energy Engineering Science, Faculty of Engineering Sciences, Kyushu University, Japan

¹¹Plasma Science and Fusion Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA

¹²Flash Center for Computational Science, University of Chicago, IL 60637, USA

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Fig. 1. Radiography setup with imaging plate, target holder and laser beams. On the right a magnification of the target holder with x-ray source and radiography sample.

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Fig. 2. Raw data of the radiography. The projected object is a 400 lpi gold grid. In addition, there are step targets of plastic and aluminum to estimate the dynamic resolution.

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$V spectrum in function of the laser wavelength. The He-like lines are reduced compared to the $K_{\unicode[STIX]{x1D6FC}}$ line.$

Fig. 3. V spectrum in function of the laser wavelength. The He-like lines are reduced compared to the $K_{\unicode[STIX]{x1D6FC}}$ line.

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Fig. 4. Signal profile through the grid region, showing the unperturbed signal, the edge of the grid and the oscillations of the grid. Note the small variations of the signal over the detector.

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Fig. 5. X-ray radiograph at 5.1 keV (V backlighter) taken 75 ns after the main drive beam.

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Table 1. Comparison of x-ray signals from different materials and for two laser wavelengths. The background is measured behind the edge of the gold grid.
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Table 1. Comparison of x-ray signals from different materials and for two laser wavelengths. The background is measured behind the edge of the gold grid.
Signal Background Signal Background
V 11.7 2.7 58 4
Cu 3.7 0.9 11 0.6
Mo 9 1.5 20 2.2

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E. Brambrink, S. Baton, M. Koenig, R. Yurchak, N. Bidaut, B. Albertazzi, J. E. Cross, G. Gregori, A. Rigby, E. Falize, A. Pelka, F. Kroll, S. Pikuz, Y. Sakawa, N. Ozaki, C. Kuranz, M. Manuel, C. Li, P. Tzeferacos, D. Lamb. Short-pulse laser-driven x-ray radiography[J]. High Power Laser Science and Engineering, 2016, 4(3): 03000e30

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