• DocumentCode
    1693060
  • Title

    All-optical Betatron and Compton x-ray sources and application to phase contrast imaging

  • Author

    Corde, S. ; Phuoc, K. Ta ; Fourmaux, S. ; Thaury, C. ; Lassonde, P. ; Lebrun, G. ; Payeur, S. ; Martin, F. ; Shah, R.C. ; Sebban, S. ; Malka, V. ; Kieffer, J.C. ; Rousse, A.

  • Author_Institution
    Lab. d´´Opt. Appl., Ecole Polytech., Palaiseau, France
  • fYear
    2012
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Bright femtosecond X-ray beams, with energies up to a few hundreds of keV, have been produced from Betatron oscillations and Compton scattering in a laser-plasma accelerator. The potential of Betatron radiation for phase contrast imaging has been demonstrated.
  • Keywords
    Compton effect; X-ray optics; betatrons; high-speed optical techniques; optical images; plasma accelerators; Betatron oscillations; Betatron radiation; Compton X-ray sources; Compton scattering; all-optical Betatron; bright femtosecond X-ray beams; laser-plasma accelerator; phase contrast imaging; Imaging; Laser beams; Particle beams; Pump lasers; Ultrafast optics; X-ray imaging; X-ray lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-1839-6
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6327167