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
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