X-ray microscopy and talbot imaging with the matter in extreme conditions X-ray imager at LCLS
The last decade has shown the great potential that X-ray Free Electron Lasers (FEL) have to study High Energy Density (HED) physics. Experiments at FELs have made significant breakthroughs in Shock Physics and Dynamic Diffraction, Dense Plasma Physics and Warm Dense Matter Science, using techniques such as isochoric heating, inelastic scattering, small angle scattering and X-ray diffraction. In addition, and complementary to these techniques, the coherent properties of the FEL beam can be used to image HED samples with high fidelity. We present new imaging diagnostics and techniques developed at the Matter in Extreme Conditions (MEC) instrument at Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS) over the last few years. We show results in Phase Contrast Imaging geometry, where the X-ray beam propagates from the target to a camera revealing its phase, as well as in Direct Imaging geometry, where a real image of the sample plane is produced in the camera with a spatial resolution down to 200 nm. Last, we show an implementation of the Talbot Imaging method allowing both X-ray phase and intensity measurements change introduced by a target with sub-micron resolution.
Authors
- Marc Welch
- R. N. Ettelbrick
- Richard L. Sandberg (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9719-8188)
- Meriame Berboucha
- Philip Heimann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2973-664X)
- Mikako Makita (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1513-9198)
- A. E. Gleason (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7736-5118)
- G. Dyer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9755-9780)
- Eric Galtier (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0396-285X)
- Silvia Pandolfi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0855-9434)
- G. Pérez-Callejo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3719-2352)
- Bob Nagler (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-5736-7842)
- M. P. Valdivia (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3398-9586)
- Frank Seiboth (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2795-1338)
- Dimitri Khaghani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5139-2310)
- Philip Hart (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4569-3926)
- V. Bouffetier (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6079-1260)
- Hae Ja Lee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4035-5637)
- Anne Sakdinawat (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-2357-7628)
- Nick Czapla
- Eric Cunningham (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0976-4416)
- P. McGehee
- Nina Boiadjieva
- Michael Wojcik (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1257-870X)
- Brice Arnold
- Yanwei Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8125-3904)
- Daniel Hodge
- A. Arnott
Institutions
- Brigham Young University (US)
- Universidad de Valladolid (ES)
- Argonne National Laboratory (US)
- ALBA Synchrotron (Spain) (ES)
- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY (DE)
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (US)
- University of California San Diego (US)
- Sorbonne Université (FR)
- Imperial College London (GB)
- European X-Ray Free-Electron Laser (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Scientific Reports
- Published
- 2025-03-04
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-91989-8
- Citations
- 6
- Primary Topic
- Advanced X-ray Imaging Techniques
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 11.30
Funders
- U.S. Department of Energy
- Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad
- Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación
- Office of Science
- National Nuclear Security Administration
- Laboratory Directed Research and Development
- Los Alamos National Laboratory
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory