Title :
A short-pulse hard x-ray source with compact electron linac via laser-Compton scattering for medical and industrial radiography
Author :
Toyokawa, H. ; Kuroda, R. ; Yasumoto, M. ; Sei, N. ; Ogawa, H. ; Tanaka, M. ; Ikeura-Sekiguchi, H. ; Koike, M. ; Yamada, K. ; Sakai, F. ; Nakajyo, T. ; Yanagida, T.
Author_Institution :
Nat. Inst. of Adv. Ind. Sci. & Technol., Tsukuba
Abstract :
An intense, quasi-monochromatic hard X-ray beam has been generated via the laser-Compton scattering of an electron bunch with a laser pulse. An s-band linear accelerator of 40 MeV and Ti:sapphire femtosecond terawatt laser were used to generate X-rays. We plan to increase the X-ray intensity up to two-orders than the current one until FY2008. Specifications of the electron accelerator and the laser systems are presented, together with the developments and modifications being undergone.
Keywords :
Compton effect; X-ray lasers; electron accelerators; high-speed optical techniques; linear accelerators; particle beam bunching; radiography; sapphire; titanium; Ti:Al2O3; compact electron linac; electron accelerator; electron bunch; femtosecond terawatt laser; industrial radiography; laser pulse; laser-Compton scattering; medical radiography; quasimonochromatic hard X-ray beam; s-band linear accelerator; short-pulse hard X-ray source; Acceleration; Electrons; Laser mode locking; Laser theory; Light scattering; Linear particle accelerator; Optical pulse generation; Radiography; X-ray lasers; X-ray scattering;
Conference_Titel :
Particle Accelerator Conference, 2007. PAC. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Albuquerque, NM
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0916-7
DOI :
10.1109/PAC.2007.4440130
