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Rigon G, Casner A, Albertazzi B, Michel T, Mabey P, Falize E, Ballet J, Van Box Som L, Pikuz S, Sakawa Y, Sano T, Faenov A, Pikuz T, Ozaki N, Kuramitsu Y, Valdivia MP, Tzeferacos P, Lamb D, Koenig M. Rayleigh-Taylor instability experiments on the LULI2000 laser in scaled conditions for young supernova remnants. Phys Rev E 2019; 100:021201. [PMID: 31574771 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.100.021201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2018] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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We describe a platform developed on the LULI2000 laser facility to investigate the evolution of Rayleigh-Taylor instability (RTI) in scaled conditions relevant to young supernova remnants (SNRs) up to 200 years. An RT unstable interface is imaged with a short-pulse laser-driven (PICO2000) x-ray source, providing an unprecedented simultaneous high spatial (24μm) and temporal (10 ps) resolution. This experiment provides relevant data to compare with astrophysical codes, as observational data on the development of RTI at the early stage of the SNR expansion are missing. A comparison is also performed with FLASH radiative magnetohydrodynamic simulations.
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- Université de Bordeaux-CNRS-CEA, CELIA, UMR 5107, F-33405 Talence, France
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- CEA-DAM, DIF, F-91297 Arpajon, France
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- AIM, CEA, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Joint Institute for High Temperature RAS, Moscow 125412, Russia
- National Research Nuclear University "MEPhi," Moscow 115409, Russia
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- Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka University, Osaka 565-0871 Japan
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- Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka University, Osaka 565-0871 Japan
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- Joint Institute for High Temperature RAS, Moscow 125412, Russia
- Open and Transdisciplinary Research Initiative, Osaka University, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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- Joint Institute for High Temperature RAS, Moscow 125412, Russia
- Open and Transdisciplinary Research Initiative, Osaka University, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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- Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka University, Osaka 565-0871 Japan
- Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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- Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, USA
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- University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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- University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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- Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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Ruiz-Lopez M, Faenov A, Pikuz T, Ozaki N, Mitrofanov A, Albertazzi B, Hartley N, Matsuoka T, Ochante Y, Tange Y, Yabuuchi T, Habara T, Tanaka KA, Inubushi Y, Yabashi M, Nishikino M, Kawachi T, Pikuz S, Ishikawa T, Kodama R, Bleiner D. Coherent X-ray beam metrology using 2D high-resolution Fresnel-diffraction analysis. J Synchrotron Radiat 2017; 24:196-204. [PMID: 28009559 DOI: 10.1107/s1600577516016568] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2016] [Accepted: 10/17/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Direct metrology of coherent short-wavelength beamlines is important for obtaining operational beam characteristics at the experimental site. However, since beam-time limitation imposes fast metrology procedures, a multi-parametric metrology from as low as a single shot is desirable. Here a two-dimensional (2D) procedure based on high-resolution Fresnel diffraction analysis is discussed and applied, which allowed an efficient and detailed beamline characterization at the SACLA XFEL. So far, the potential of Fresnel diffraction for beamline metrology has not been fully exploited because its high-frequency fringes could be only partly resolved with ordinary pixel-limited detectors. Using the high-spatial-frequency imaging capability of an irradiated LiF crystal, 2D information of the coherence degree, beam divergence and beam quality factor M2 were retrieved from simple diffraction patterns. The developed beam metrology was validated with a laboratory reference laser, and then successfully applied at a beamline facility, in agreement with the source specifications.
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- M Ruiz-Lopez
- Empa, Materials Science and Technology, Dübendorf, Switzerland
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- Institute for Academic Initiatives, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan
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- Joint Institute for High Temperatures, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan
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- Joint Institute for High Temperatures, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan
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- Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan
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- Institute for Academic Initiatives, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan
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- Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan
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- JASRI/SPring-8, Sayo, Hyogo, Japan
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- RIKEN Harima Institute, Sayo, Hyogo, Japan
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- Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan
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- Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan
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- Kansai Photon Research Institute, National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology, Kizugawa, Kyoto, Japan
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- Kansai Photon Research Institute, National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology, Kizugawa, Kyoto, Japan
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- Joint Institute for High Temperatures, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Institute for Academic Initiatives, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan
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- Empa, Materials Science and Technology, Dübendorf, Switzerland
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Antonelli L, Forestier-Colleoni P, Folpini G, Bouillaud R, Faenov A, Fedeli L, Fourment C, Giuffrida L, Hulin S, Pikuz S, Santos JJ, Volpe L, Batani D. Measurement of reflectivity of spherically bent crystals using Kα signal from hot electrons produced by laser-matter interaction. Rev Sci Instrum 2015; 86:073507. [PMID: 26233383 DOI: 10.1063/1.4926740] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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In an experiment at the laser facility ECLIPSE of the CELIA laboratory, University of Bordeaux, we measure the reflectivity of spherically bent crystals that are commonly used to investigate the propagation of fast electrons through the Kα radiation they generate in matter. The experimental reflectivity compares well with predictions from a ray-tracing code that takes into account the specific geometry, although the crystals seem to suffer from aging problems.
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- L Antonelli
- Université Bordeaux 1, CNRS, CEA, CELIA (Centre Lasers Intenses et Applications), UMR 5107, F-33405 Talence, France
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- Université Bordeaux 1, CNRS, CEA, CELIA (Centre Lasers Intenses et Applications), UMR 5107, F-33405 Talence, France
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- Université Bordeaux 1, CNRS, CEA, CELIA (Centre Lasers Intenses et Applications), UMR 5107, F-33405 Talence, France
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- Université Bordeaux 1, CNRS, CEA, CELIA (Centre Lasers Intenses et Applications), UMR 5107, F-33405 Talence, France
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- Institute for Academic Initiatives, Osaka University, Suita 565-0871, Japan
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- Université Bordeaux 1, CNRS, CEA, CELIA (Centre Lasers Intenses et Applications), UMR 5107, F-33405 Talence, France
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- Université Bordeaux 1, CNRS, CEA, CELIA (Centre Lasers Intenses et Applications), UMR 5107, F-33405 Talence, France
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- Université Bordeaux 1, CNRS, CEA, CELIA (Centre Lasers Intenses et Applications), UMR 5107, F-33405 Talence, France
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- Université Bordeaux 1, CNRS, CEA, CELIA (Centre Lasers Intenses et Applications), UMR 5107, F-33405 Talence, France
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- Joint Institute for High Temperatures, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 125412, Russia
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- Université Bordeaux 1, CNRS, CEA, CELIA (Centre Lasers Intenses et Applications), UMR 5107, F-33405 Talence, France
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- Université Bordeaux 1, CNRS, CEA, CELIA (Centre Lasers Intenses et Applications), UMR 5107, F-33405 Talence, France
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- Université Bordeaux 1, CNRS, CEA, CELIA (Centre Lasers Intenses et Applications), UMR 5107, F-33405 Talence, France
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Reale L, Bonfigli F, Lai A, Flora F, Albertano P, DI Giorgio ML, Mezi L, Montereali RM, Faenov A, Pikuz T, Almaviva S, Francucci M, Gaudio P, Martellucci S, Richetta M, Poma A. Contact X-ray microscopy of living cells by using LiF crystal as imaging detector. J Microsc 2015; 258:127-39. [PMID: 25639642 DOI: 10.1111/jmi.12226] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2014] [Accepted: 12/28/2014] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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In this paper, the use of lithium fluoride (LiF) as imaging radiation detector to analyse living cells by single-shot soft X-ray contact microscopy is presented. High resolved X-ray images on LiF of cyanobacterium Leptolyngbya VRUC135, two unicellular microalgae of the genus Chlamydomonas and mouse macrophage cells (line RAW 264.7) have been obtained utilizing X-ray radiation in the water window energy range from a laser plasma source. The used method is based on loading of the samples, the cell suspension, in a special holder where they are in close contact with a LiF crystal solid-state X-ray imaging detector. After exposure and sample removal, the images stored in LiF by the soft X-ray contact microscopy technique are read by an optical microscope in fluorescence mode. The clear image of the mucilaginous sheath the structure of the filamentous Leptolyngbya and the visible nucleolus in the macrophage cells image, are noteworthiness results. The peculiarities of the used X-ray radiation and of the LiF imaging detector allow obtaining images in absorption contrast revealing the internal structures of the investigated samples at high spatial resolution. Moreover, the wide dynamic range of the LiF imaging detector contributes to obtain high-quality images. In particular, we demonstrate that this peculiar characteristic of LiF detector allows enhancing the contrast and reveal details even when they were obscured by a nonuniform stray light.
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- L Reale
- Campus Biomedico, Via Álvaro del Portillo 21, Rome, Italy
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Nishiuchi M, Sakaki H, Maeda S, Sagisaka A, Pirozhkov AS, Pikuz T, Faenov A, Ogura K, Kanasaki M, Matsukawa K, Kusumoto T, Tao A, Fukami T, Esirkepov T, Koga J, Kiriyama H, Okada H, Shimomura T, Tanoue M, Nakai Y, Fukuda Y, Sakai S, Tamura J, Nishio K, Sako H, Kando M, Yamauchi T, Watanabe Y, Bulanov SV, Kondo K. Multi-charged heavy ion acceleration from the ultra-intense short pulse laser system interacting with the metal target. Rev Sci Instrum 2014; 85:02B904. [PMID: 24593609 DOI: 10.1063/1.4827111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Experimental demonstration of multi-charged heavy ion acceleration from the interaction between the ultra-intense short pulse laser system and the metal target is presented. Al ions are accelerated up to 12 MeV/u (324 MeV total energy). To our knowledge, this is far the highest energy ever reported for the case of acceleration of the heavy ions produced by the <10 J laser energy of 200 TW class Ti:sapphire laser system. Adding to that, thanks to the extraordinary high intensity laser field of ∼10(21) W cm(-2), the accelerated ions are almost fully stripped, having high charge to mass ratio (Q/M).
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- M Nishiuchi
- Kansai Photon Science Institute, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Kizugawa, Kyoto, Japan
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- Kansai Photon Science Institute, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Kizugawa, Kyoto, Japan
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- Kansai Photon Science Institute, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Kizugawa, Kyoto, Japan
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- Kansai Photon Science Institute, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Kizugawa, Kyoto, Japan
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- Kansai Photon Science Institute, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Kizugawa, Kyoto, Japan
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- Kansai Photon Science Institute, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Kizugawa, Kyoto, Japan
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- Kansai Photon Science Institute, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Kizugawa, Kyoto, Japan
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- Kansai Photon Science Institute, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Kizugawa, Kyoto, Japan
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- Kansai Photon Science Institute, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Kizugawa, Kyoto, Japan
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- Kansai Photon Science Institute, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Kizugawa, Kyoto, Japan
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- Kansai Photon Science Institute, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Kizugawa, Kyoto, Japan
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- Kansai Photon Science Institute, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Kizugawa, Kyoto, Japan
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- Kansai Photon Science Institute, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Kizugawa, Kyoto, Japan
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- Kansai Photon Science Institute, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Kizugawa, Kyoto, Japan
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- Kansai Photon Science Institute, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Kizugawa, Kyoto, Japan
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- Kansai Photon Science Institute, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Kizugawa, Kyoto, Japan
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- Kansai Photon Science Institute, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Kizugawa, Kyoto, Japan
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- Kansai Photon Science Institute, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Kizugawa, Kyoto, Japan
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- Kansai Photon Science Institute, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Kizugawa, Kyoto, Japan
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- Kansai Photon Science Institute, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Kizugawa, Kyoto, Japan
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- Kansai Photon Science Institute, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Kizugawa, Kyoto, Japan
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- Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Tokai, Ibaragi, Japan
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- J-PARC Center, Tokai, Ibaragi, Japan
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- Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Tokai, Ibaragi, Japan
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- Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Tokai, Ibaragi, Japan
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- Kansai Photon Science Institute, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Kizugawa, Kyoto, Japan
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- Graduate School of Maritime Science, Kobe University, 5-1-1 Fukaeminami-machi, Higashinada-ku, Kobe 658-0022, Japan
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- Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Engineering Sciences, Kyushu University, Kasuga, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Kansai Photon Science Institute, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Kizugawa, Kyoto, Japan
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- Kansai Photon Science Institute, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Kizugawa, Kyoto, Japan
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Sakaki H, Nishiuchi M, Maeda S, Sagisaka A, Pirozhkov AS, Pikuz T, Faenov A, Ogura K, Fukami T, Matsukawa K, Kanasaki M, Fukuda Y, Yogo A, Esirkepov T, Kiriyama H, Shimomura T, Nakai Y, Tanoue M, Torimoto K, Okamoto M, Sato T, Niita K, Tamura J, Nishio K, Sako H, Yamauchi T, Watanabe Y, Bulanov S, Kondo K. Measurements of electron-induced neutrons as a tool for determination of electron temperature of fast electrons in the task of optimization laser-produced plasma ions acceleration. Rev Sci Instrum 2014; 85:02A705. [PMID: 24593439 DOI: 10.1063/1.4825154] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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High intensity laser-plasma interaction has attracted considerable interest for a number of years. The laser-plasma interaction is accompanied by generation of various charged particle beams, such as high-energy proton and ions with high charge to mass ratio (Q/M; same as multi-charged ions). Results of simultaneous novel measurements of electron-induced photonuclear neutrons (photoneutron), which are a diagnostic of the laser-plasma interaction, are proposed to use for optimization of the laser-plasma ion generation. The proposed method is demonstrated by the laser irradiation with the intensity of 1 × 10(21) W/cm(2) on the metal foil target. The photoneutrons are measured by using NE213 liquid scintillation detectors. Heavy-ion signal is registered with the CR-39 track detector simultaneously. The measured signals of the electron-induced photoneutrons are well reproduced by using the Particle and Heavy Ion Transport code System. The results obtained provide useful approach for analyzing the various laser based ion beams.
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- H Sakaki
- Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Kizugawa, Kyoto, Japan
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- Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Kizugawa, Kyoto, Japan
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- Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Kizugawa, Kyoto, Japan
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- Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Kizugawa, Kyoto, Japan
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- Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Kizugawa, Kyoto, Japan
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- Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Kizugawa, Kyoto, Japan
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- Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Kizugawa, Kyoto, Japan
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- Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Kizugawa, Kyoto, Japan
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- Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Kizugawa, Kyoto, Japan
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- Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Kizugawa, Kyoto, Japan
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- Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Kizugawa, Kyoto, Japan
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- Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Kizugawa, Kyoto, Japan
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- Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Kizugawa, Kyoto, Japan
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- Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Kizugawa, Kyoto, Japan
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- Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Kizugawa, Kyoto, Japan
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- Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Kizugawa, Kyoto, Japan
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- Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Kizugawa, Kyoto, Japan
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- Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Kizugawa, Kyoto, Japan
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- Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Kizugawa, Kyoto, Japan
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- Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Tokai, Ibaragi, Japan
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- Research Organization for Information Science and Technology, Tokai, Ibaragi, Japan
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- J-PARC Center, Tokai, Ibaragi, Japan
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- Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Tokai, Ibaragi, Japan
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- Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Tokai, Ibaragi, Japan
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- Graduate School of Maritime Sciences, Kobe University, Japan
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- Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Engineering Sciences, Kyushu University, Japan
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- Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Kizugawa, Kyoto, Japan
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- Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Kizugawa, Kyoto, Japan
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Kotaki H, Daito I, Kando M, Hayashi Y, Kawase K, Kameshima T, Fukuda Y, Homma T, Ma J, Chen LM, Esirkepov TZ, Pirozhkov AS, Koga JK, Faenov A, Pikuz T, Kiriyama H, Okada H, Shimomura T, Nakai Y, Tanoue M, Sasao H, Wakai D, Matsuura H, Kondo S, Kanazawa S, Sugiyama A, Daido H, Bulanov SV. Electron optical injection with head-on and countercrossing colliding laser pulses. Phys Rev Lett 2009; 103:194803. [PMID: 20365929 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.103.194803] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2008] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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A high stability electron bunch is generated by laser wakefield acceleration with the help of a colliding laser pulse. The wakefield is generated by a laser pulse; the second laser pulse collides with the first pulse at 180 degrees and at 135 degrees realizing optical injection of an electron bunch. The electron bunch has high stability and high reproducibility compared with single pulse electron generation. In the case of 180 degrees collision, special measures have been taken to prevent damage. In the case of 135 degrees collision, since the second pulse is countercrossing, it cannot damage the laser system.
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- H Kotaki
- Advanced Photon Research Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Kizugawa, Kyoto, Japan
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Kawase K, Kando M, Hayakawa T, Daito I, Kondo S, Homma T, Kameshima T, Kotaki H, Chen LM, Fukuda Y, Faenov A, Shizuma T, Fujiwara M, Bulanov SV, Kimura T, Tajima T. Sub-MeV tunably polarized X-ray production with laser Thomson backscattering. Rev Sci Instrum 2008; 79:053302. [PMID: 18513062 DOI: 10.1063/1.2931010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Reported in this article is the generation of unique polarized x-rays in the sub-MeV region by means of the Thomson backscattering of the Nd:YAG laser photon with a wavelength of 1064 nm on the 150 MeV electron from the microtron accelerator. The maximum energy of the x-ray photons is estimated to be about 400 keV. The total energy of the backscattered x-ray pulse is measured with an imaging plate and a LYSO scintillator. The angular divergence of the x-rays is also measured by using the imaging plate. We confirm that the x-ray beam is polarized according to the laser polarization direction with the Compton scattering method. In addition, we demonstrate the imaging of the object shielded by lead with the generated x-rays.
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- K Kawase
- Kansai Photon Science Institute, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, 8-1 Umemidai, Kizugawa, Kyoto 619-0215, Japan
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Benuzzi-Mounaix A, Loupias B, Koenig M, Ravasio A, Ozaki N, Rabec le Gloahec M, Vinci T, Aglitskiy Y, Faenov A, Pikuz T, Boehly T. Density measurement of low- Z shocked material from monochromatic x-ray two-dimensional images. Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys 2008; 77:045402. [PMID: 18517682 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.77.045402] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2007] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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An experiment on LULI 2000 laser devoted to density determination of shocked plastic from a two-dimensional monochromatic x-ray radiography is presented. A spherical quartz crystal was set to select the He-alpha line of vanadium at 2.382 A and perform the image of the main target. Rear side diagnostics were implemented to validate the new diagnostic. The density experimental results given by radiography are in good agreement with rear side diagnostics data and hydrodynamical simulations. The pressure regime into the plastic is 2-3 Mbar, corresponding to a compression between 2.7-2.9.
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- A Benuzzi-Mounaix
- Laboratoire pour l'Utilisation des Lasers Intenses, UMR7605, CNRS-CEA, Université Paris VI, Ecole Polytechnique, 91128 Palaiseau Cedex, France
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Reale L, Kaiser J, Reale A, Lai A, Flora F, Balerna A, Cinque G, Fanelli M, Ruggieri F, Faenov A, Pikuz T, Tucci A, Poma A, Zuppella P, Liska M, Malina R. Mapping the intake of different elements in vegetal tissues by dual-energy X-ray imaging at DaPhine synchrotron light source. Microsc Res Tech 2008; 71:179-85. [PMID: 17992692 DOI: 10.1002/jemt.20538] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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This article reports on the first utilization of the soft X-ray beamline at the DaPhine synchrotron light source for mapping the intake of different elements in plant tissues. As a test, the method of dual-energy X-ray microradiography was applied to the investigation of the natural sulfur content in dried leaf and root samples. Our ultimate goal was to monitor the pollutant lead and its intake, which was added in controlled doses to the hydroponic medium of laboratory-controlled samples of vegetal species. The results obtained by the nondestructive X-ray radiographic analysis are compared to the values of concentrations determined by a standard chemical analysis utilizing atomic absorption spectroscopy. From this comparison the validity of the X-ray detection of heavy metals in biological samples has been confirmed. The superposition of the dual energy results on the simple planar radiography shows the representation of the pollutant intake directly on the sample structures. It should be pointed out that this method, developed here for plant root and leaves could be applied to any biological sample of interest, but the preparation and observation conditions necessitate different strategies according to the type of sample under analysis.
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- L Reale
- Faculty of Sciences, University of L'Aquila, gc LNGS INFN, INFM 67010 Coppito, Italy.
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Chen H, Shepherd R, Chung HK, Kemp A, Hansen SB, Wilks SC, Ping Y, Widmann K, Fournier KB, Dyer G, Faenov A, Pikuz T, Beiersdorfer P. Fast-electron-relaxation measurement for laser-solid interaction at relativistic laser intensities. Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys 2007; 76:056402. [PMID: 18233771 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.76.056402] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2007] [Revised: 09/25/2007] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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We present measurements of the fast-electron-relaxation time in short-pulse (0.5 ps) laser-solid interactions for laser intensities of 10(17), 10(18), and 10(19) Wcm2, using a picosecond time-resolved x-ray spectrometer and a time-integrated electron spectrometer. We find that the laser coupling to hot electrons increases as the laser intensity becomes relativistic, and that the thermalization of fast electrons occurs over time scales on the order of 10 ps at all laser intensities. The experimental data are analyzed using a combination of models that include Kalpha generation, collisional coupling, and plasma expansion.
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- H Chen
- Physics and Advanced Technologies, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, University of California, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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Calegari F, Valentini G, Vozzi C, Benedetti E, Cabanillas-Gonzalez J, Faenov A, Gasilov S, Pikuz T, Poletto L, Sansone G, Villoresi P, Nisoli M, De Silvestri S, Stagira S. Elemental sensitivity in soft x-ray imaging with a laser-plasma source and a color center detector. Opt Lett 2007; 32:2593-5. [PMID: 17767316 DOI: 10.1364/ol.32.002593] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Elemental sensitivity in soft x-ray imaging of thin foils with known thickness is observed using an ultrafast laser-plasma source and a LiF crystal as detector. Measurements are well reproduced by a simple theoretical model. This technique can be exploited for high spatial resolution, wide field of view imaging in the soft x-ray region, and it is suitable for the characterization of thin objects with thicknesses ranging from hundreds down to tens of nanometers.
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- F Calegari
- National Laboratory for Ultrafast and Ultraintense Optical Science, CNR-INFM, Politecnico, Milan, Italy
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Kaiser J, Samek O, Reale L, Liska M, Malina R, Ritucci A, Poma A, Tucci A, Flora F, Lai A, Mancini L, Tromba G, Zanini F, Faenov A, Pikuz T, Cinque G. Monitoring of the heavy-metal hyperaccumulation in vegetal tissues by X-ray radiography and by femto-second laser induced breakdown spectroscopy. Microsc Res Tech 2007; 70:147-53. [PMID: 17131357 DOI: 10.1002/jemt.20394] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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This article reports on the utilization of X-ray microradiography and laser induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) techniques for investigation of the metal accumulation in different part of leaf samples. The potential of the LIBS-analysis for finding the proper plant species for phytoremediation is compared with the results of microradiography measurements at the HERCULES source at ENEA, Rome (Italy) and X-ray microradiography experiments at the ELETTRA Synchrotron, Trieste (Italy).
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- J Kaiser
- Institute of Physical Engineering, Brno University of Technology, Brno, Czech Republic.
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Ritucci A, Tomassetti G, Reale A, Arrizza L, Zuppella P, Reale L, Palladino L, Flora F, Bonfigli F, Faenov A, Pikuz T, Kaiser J, Nilsen J, Jankowski AF. Damage and ablation of large bandgap dielectrics induced by a 46.9 nm laser beam. Opt Lett 2006; 31:68-70. [PMID: 16419880 DOI: 10.1364/ol.31.000068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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We applied a 0.3 mJ, 1.7 ns, 46.9 nm soft-x-ray argon laser to ablate the surface of large bandgap dielectrics: CaF2 and LiF crystals. We studied the ablation versus the fluence of the soft-x-ray beam, varying the fluence in the range 0.05-3 J/cm2. Ablation thresholds of 0.06 and 0.1 J/cm2 and ablation depths of 14 and 20 nm were found for CaF2 and LiF, respectively. These results define new ablation conditions for these large bandgap dielectrics that can be of interest for the fine processing of these materials.
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- A Ritucci
- Department of Physics, University of L'Aquila, gc Laboratorio Nazionale del Gran Sasso, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, 67010 Coppito, L'Aquila, Italy.
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Cricenti A, Longo G, Mussi V, Generosi R, Luce M, Perfetti P, Vobornik D, Margaritondo G, Thielen P, Sanghera JS, Aggarwal ID, Tolk NH, Baldacchini G, Bonfigli F, Flora F, Marolo T, Montereali RM, Faenov A, Pikuz T, Somma F, Piston DW. IR-SNOM on lithium fluoride films with regular arrays based on colour centres. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2003. [DOI: 10.1002/pssc.200303836] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Baldacchini G, Bonfigli F, Faenov A, Flora F, Montereali RM, Pace A, Pikuz T, Reale L. Lithium fluoride as a novel X-ray image detector for biological mu-world capture. J Nanosci Nanotechnol 2003; 3:483-486. [PMID: 15002126 DOI: 10.1166/jnn.2003.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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X-ray microradiographs of small biological objects, such as animals and plant materials at micrometric resolution, are currently performed by various methods, all of which are limited by the resolution or the dynamic range of the image detectors. Here a novel X-ray image detector is discussed, in which the previous limitations have been overcome. A film of lithium fluoride salt is used as a detector, in which the stored biological image is read by observing the optically stimulated visible luminescence of the active color centers, efficiently produced by the X-rays.
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- G Baldacchini
- ENEA, UTS Tecnologie Fisiche Avanzate, C.R. Frascati, Via Enrico Fermi, 45 00044 Frascati, Rome, Italy
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Bollanti S, Di Lazzaro P, Flora F, Giordano G, Letardi T, Schina G, Zheng CE, Filippi L, Palladino L, Reale A, Taglieri G, Batani D, Mauri A, Belli M, Scafati A, Reale L, Albertano P, Grilli A, Faenov A, Pikuz T, Cotton R. Long-Duration Soft X-Ray Pulses by XeCl Laser Driven Plasmas and Applications. J Xray Sci Technol 1995; 5:261-277. [PMID: 21307497 DOI: 10.3233/xst-1995-5302] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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We report the characterization of a soft x-ray plasma source generated by a long-pulse XeCl excimer laser system. The output energy is 4 J at a wavelength of 308 nm in a 100-ns pulse. The intensity of radiation on target is estimated to be 4 × 1012 W cm-2. X-ray emission spectra of the plasma have been recorded using a double focusing spatial resolution spectrometer with a spherical mica crystal. From these measurements, the plasma temperature and electron density have been estimated. Various applications of such a plasma source have been investigated. First images of whole intact living cells from our system, imaged using the technique of soft x-ray contact microscopy, utilizing x rays in the "water window" region (280-530 eV), are shown. The suitability of the source for other applications, for example, x-ray lithography and radiation damage studies, to living cells are discussed. Possible improvements to the x-ray source for the various applications are proposed.
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- S Bollanti
- Dipartimento lnnovazione, Settore 1NN-F1S, CRE ENEA Frascati, Italy
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