Incoherent Diffraction Imaging with Pseudo-Thermal Light Sources
Laser-plasma X-ray sources are known to suffer from a low degree of spatial and temporal coherence. Ultimately, this feature limits their range of applications, especially for high-resolution imaging purposes. Recently, a new diffraction-based imaging technique named Incoherent Diffraction Imaging (IDI) [1] has been proposed to leverage the partial coherence of incoherently scattered light - or from partially coherent light sources. This method relies on second-order spatial correlations <tex xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">$(g^{(2)})$</tex> of the emitted light to extract structural information from scattering centers. The information about the spatial distribution of the target is therefore encoded in the spatial intensity fluctuations of the scattered light. This imaging technique will open the possibility to perform high resolution diffraction-based imaging with typically considered incoherent light sources such as laser-plasma X-ray sources.
Authors
- Matilde Garcia
- Pablo San Miguel Claveria (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9342-1573)
- Philip Mosel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6672-2204)
- Gareth O. Williams (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1903-3000)
- Milutin Kovačev (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2813-9608)
- Marco Piccardo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8851-1638)
- Andrea Trabattoni (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0187-9075)
- Sven Fröhlich (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-4650-3586)
- Marta Fajardo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2133-2365)
- H. Merdji (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3512-3855)
- Jean-Christophe Chanteloup (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0414-9617)
- M. Soares Nunes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2321-0401)
- David Theidel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8486-8509)
- L.A. Fernández (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6740-5358)
- Ihsan Fsaifes
- M. V. Fernandes
- Peer Biesterfeld (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-3125-3051)
- Sebastião Antunes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2328-5013)
Institutions
- Leibniz University Hannover (DE)
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)
- École Polytechnique (FR)
- Universidade Politécnica de Lisboa (PT)
- Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives (FR)
- Instituto Superior Autónomo de Estudos Politécnicos (PT)
- Sorbonne Université (FR)
- Laboratoire pour l'Utilisation des Lasers Intenses (FR)
- Iscte – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (PT)
Publication Details
- Published
- 2025-06-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1109/cleo/europe-eqec65582.2025.11111547
- Primary Topic
- Advanced X-ray Imaging Techniques
- Type
- article
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