Published October 2013 | Version v1
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Note: Characterization of a high-photon-energy X-ray imager

Creators

  • 1. Department of Physics, The Ohio State University, 191 West Woodruff Road, Columbus, Ohio 43210 (United States)
  • 2. Laboratory for Laser Energetics, University of Rochester, 250 East River Road, Rochester, New York 14623-1299 (United States)
  • 3. The National Synchrotron Light Source, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973-5000 (United States)
  • 4. General Atomics, 3550 General Atomics Court, San Diego, California 92121-1200 (United States)

Description

The Bragg angle, rocking curve, and reflection efficiency of a quartz crystal x-ray imager (Miller indices 234) were measured at photon energy of 15.6909 keV, corresponding to the Kα2 line of Zr, using the X15A beamline at the National Synchrotron Light Source at Brookhaven National Laboratory. One flat and three spherically curved samples were tested. The peak reflectivity of the best-performing crystal was determined to be (3.6 ± 0.7) × 10−4 with a rocking-curve full width at half maximum of 0.09°. The Zr Kα2 emission was imaged from a hot Zr plasma generated by a 10-J multiterawatt laser

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1063/1.4825139;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Review of Scientific Instruments
Journal Volume
84
Journal Issue
10
Journal Page Range
p. 106103-106103.3
ISSN
0034-6748
CODEN
RSINAK

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
45041352
Subject category
S46: INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; S70: PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY;
Descriptors DEI
BRAGG REFLECTION; CRYSTALS; EFFICIENCY; KEV RANGE; MILLER INDICES; NEUTRON DIFFRACTION; PHOTONS; PLASMA PRODUCTION; QUARTZ; REFLECTIVITY; SPHERICAL CONFIGURATION; X RADIATION
Descriptors DEC
BOSONS; COHERENT SCATTERING; CONFIGURATION; DIFFRACTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; ENERGY RANGE; IONIZING RADIATIONS; MASSLESS PARTICLES; MINERALS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OXIDE MINERALS; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; RADIATIONS; REFLECTION; SCATTERING; SURFACE PROPERTIES

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