Bright broadband x-ray sources driven by high-power lasers at ELI Beamlines: for fundamental physics research and applications
The development of compact X-ray sources is a key application of laser-plasma-based electron acceleration, producing femtosecond X-ray pulses that are bright, collimated, and partially coherent. These sources can deliver photon fluxes exceeding 10<sup>11</sup> photons per shot, with further enhancement possible using high-repetitionrate, high-power lasers, offering complementary capabilities to large-scale facilities like synchrotrons and XFELs. Although their potential in the material and biological sciences is still emerging, it underscores the need for useroriented X-ray beamlines. We update the results from the recently commissioned ELI Gammatron Beamline, to support fundamental physics research and advanced applications.
Authors
- Marcel Lamač (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9218-6073)
- Antonia Morabito (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0914-6087)
- Silvia Cipiccia (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3485-2856)
- S. V. Bulanov
- J. Nejdl (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0864-8592)
- Vidmantas Tomkus (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6885-1587)
- Uddhab Chaulagain (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0125-0303)
- K. Ta Phuoc (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4607-2312)
- S. Lorenz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1620-7976)
- Dominik Čáp
- Vojtěch Janota
- Morvai Orsolya
Institutions
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)
- École Polytechnique (FR)
- École Nationale Supérieure de Techniques Avancées (FR)
- Center for Physical Sciences and Technology (LT)
- Extreme Light Infrastructure Beamlines (CZ)
- Laboratoire d'Optique Appliquée (FR)
- Czech Technical University in Prague (CZ)
- University College London (GB)
Publication Details
- Published
- 2025-06-06
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3056147
- Primary Topic
- Advanced X-ray Imaging Techniques
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00