In most collisional schemes of x-ray laser （XRL） experiments, a bow-like intensity distribution of XRL is often observed, and it is generally ascribed to the two-dimensional hydrodynamic behaviour of expanding plasm...In most collisional schemes of x-ray laser （XRL） experiments, a bow-like intensity distribution of XRL is often observed, and it is generally ascribed to the two-dimensional hydrodynamic behaviour of expanding plasma. In order to better understand its essence in physics, a newly developed two-dimensional non-equilibrium radiation hydrodynamic code XRL2D is used to simulate a quasi-steady state Ni-like Ag XRL experiment on ShenGuang-Ⅱfacility. The simulation results show that the bow-like distribution of Ni-like ions caused by over-ionization in the central area of plasma is responsible for the bow-like shape of the XRL intensity distribution observed.展开更多
For experiments such as on Ni-like Ag x-ray laser, driven by 1ω laser, the gain region is only several nm depth near the target surface, this paper proposes a new two-layer target, in which a thin layer （several nm ...For experiments such as on Ni-like Ag x-ray laser, driven by 1ω laser, the gain region is only several nm depth near the target surface, this paper proposes a new two-layer target, in which a thin layer （several nm depth） of silver is plated on the surface of some other materials. Furthermore, the Ni-like Ag 13.9 nm x-ray laser produced by three new kinds of two-layer target with CH, Al and Ge as foundation, was theoretically studied.展开更多
Based on the two-dimensional model, this paper compares the hydrodynamics of slab x-ray laser plasma produced by different nonuniform line focused irradiations. It finds that the average intensity and the duration of ...Based on the two-dimensional model, this paper compares the hydrodynamics of slab x-ray laser plasma produced by different nonuniform line focused irradiations. It finds that the average intensity and the duration of laser pulse and the overall shape of the intensity distribution in the focal line have different influences on the plasma. Calculations show that the evolution of temperature variation is more sensitive to the pulse duration and the electron density variation is more sensitive to the pulse intensity. Pulses with duration of 200 ps to 500 ps and with intensity of 0.2 TW/cm2 to 1.0 TW/cm2 are proved acceptable in slab x-ray lasers.展开更多
We investigate the Ne-like Cr x-ray laser at 28.6 nm by using a modified ID lagrangian hydrodynamic code MEDI03 coupled with an atomic physics data package and a 2D ray tracing code as a post-processor. The laser pump...We investigate the Ne-like Cr x-ray laser at 28.6 nm by using a modified ID lagrangian hydrodynamic code MEDI03 coupled with an atomic physics data package and a 2D ray tracing code as a post-processor. The laser pumping configuration includes two prepulses and one main pulse. The first prepulse normally irradiates the target, while the second prepulse and the main pulse irradiate the target at grazing-incident angles. We predict that saturation can be achieved for the Ne-like Cr x-ray lasers with a total pumping energy of 125mJ, Good beam qualities with no deflecting angle and a small divergence angle of 5 mrad are observed.展开更多
A method of studying a non-equilibrium x-ray laser plasma is developed by extending the existing one-dimensional similarity equations to the case of two-dimensional plasma study in the directions perpendicular to the ...A method of studying a non-equilibrium x-ray laser plasma is developed by extending the existing one-dimensional similarity equations to the case of two-dimensional plasma study in the directions perpendicular to the slab and along a focal line. With this method the characteristics of pre-plasma are optimized for transient neon-like Cr x-ray laser. It is found that when the duration and the intensity of 1.053μm pre-pulse are 1.2 ns and 6.5 TW/cm^2 respectively with a delay time of 1.5 ns, the temperature and the temperature discrepancy each approach a proper state, which will provide a uniform distribution of properly ionized neon-like Cr ions before the arrival of pumping pulse.展开更多
Using an X-ray free electron laser(XFEL)at 960 eV to photo-ionize the 1s electron in neutral neon followed by lasing on the 2p-1s transition in singly-ionized neon,an inner-shell X-ray laser was demonstrated at 849 eV...Using an X-ray free electron laser(XFEL)at 960 eV to photo-ionize the 1s electron in neutral neon followed by lasing on the 2p-1s transition in singly-ionized neon,an inner-shell X-ray laser was demonstrated at 849 eV in singly-ionized neon gas several years ago.It took decades to demonstrate this scheme,because it required a very strong X-ray source that could photo-ionize the 1s(K shell)electron in neon on a timescale comparable to the intrinsic Auger lifetime in neon of 2 fs.In this paper,we model the neon inner shell X-ray laser under similar conditions to those used in the XFEL experiments at the SLAC Linac Coherent Light Source(LCLS),and show how we can improve the efficiency of the neon laser and reduce the drive requirements by tuning the XFEL to the 1s-3p transition in neutral neon in order to create gain on the 2p-1s line in neutral neon.We also show how the XFEL could be used to photo-ionize L-shell electrons to drive gain on n=3-2 transitions in singlyionized Ar and Cu plasmas.These bright,coherent,and monochromatic X-ray lasers may prove very useful for doing high-resolution spectroscopy and for studying non-linear process in the X-ray regime.展开更多
A simple modified model is presented based on R. A. London＇s self-similarity model on time-independent ionization hydrodynamics of exploding foil X-ray lasers. In our model, the time-dependent ionization effect is un...A simple modified model is presented based on R. A. London＇s self-similarity model on time-independent ionization hydrodynamics of exploding foil X-ray lasers. In our model, the time-dependent ionization effect is under consideration and the average ion charge depends on the temperature. Then we obtain the new scaling laws for temperature, scale length and electron density, which have better agreement with experimental results.展开更多
Gain coefficients are calculated for neon-like gallium and germanium ions. Shorter wavelengths are calculated and predicted to be emitted. The gain coefficients are calculated among 457 energy levels of the neon-like ...Gain coefficients are calculated for neon-like gallium and germanium ions. Shorter wavelengths are calculated and predicted to be emitted. The gain coefficients are calculated among 457 energy levels of the neon-like ions. Collisional excitations were calculated through the distorted wave approximations through five electron temperatures T<sub>e</sub> = 300, 500, 700, 1000 and 1500 eV.展开更多
AmpliHcation of spontaneous emissions at 19.6,23.2 and 23.6 nm have been observed by a “ultiple-Target Series Coupling”design in Ge plasma,.The combined length for four targets is up to 56mm.The gain length product(...AmpliHcation of spontaneous emissions at 19.6,23.2 and 23.6 nm have been observed by a “ultiple-Target Series Coupling”design in Ge plasma,.The combined length for four targets is up to 56mm.The gain length product(GL)of small signal is up to 18 for both lines at 23.2 and 23.6 nmt and the effective GL is 16.4 and 15.7 for these two lines respectively.This two lines are obviously tending to saturation.The divergence of x-ray laser beam is about 4 mrad.展开更多
An x-ray laser shadowgraphy experiment was conducted on Xingguang-Ⅱ laser facility in 1996.A multi-layer spherical mirror was used as an imaging element and a high sensitivity CCD camera as a detector.We measured the...An x-ray laser shadowgraphy experiment was conducted on Xingguang-Ⅱ laser facility in 1996.A multi-layer spherical mirror was used as an imaging element and a high sensitivity CCD camera as a detector.We measured the near-field image of the Ti x-ray laser beam.With a Ti x-ray laser beam as a backlight source,we obtained a clear CU mesh image,demonstrating the potential as advanced diagnostic measurements to study high density plasmas in inertial confinement fusion research.展开更多
Coherent motion of particles in a plasma can imprint itself on radiation.The recent advent of high-power lasers—allowing the nonlinear inverse Compton-scattering regime to be reached—has opened the possibility of lo...Coherent motion of particles in a plasma can imprint itself on radiation.The recent advent of high-power lasers—allowing the nonlinear inverse Compton-scattering regime to be reached—has opened the possibility of looking at collective effects in laser–plasma interactions.Under certain conditions,the collective interaction of many electrons with a laser pulse can generate coherent radiation in the hard x-ray regime.This perspective paper explains the limitations under which such a regime might be attained.展开更多
Advances in X-ray laser sources have paved the way to relativistic attosecond X-ray laser pulses and opened up the possibility of exploring highenergy-density physics with this technology.With particle-in-cell simulat...Advances in X-ray laser sources have paved the way to relativistic attosecond X-ray laser pulses and opened up the possibility of exploring highenergy-density physics with this technology.With particle-in-cell simulations,we investigate the interaction of realistic metal crystals with relativistic X-ray laser pulses of parameters that will be available in the near future.A wakefield of the order of TV/cm is excited in the crystal and accelerates trapped electrons stably even though the wakefield is locally modulated by the crystal lattice.Electron injection either occurs at the sharp crystal-vacuum boundary or is controlled by coating the crystal with a high-density film.High-repetition-rate attosecond(20 as)monoenergetic electron beams of energy 125 MeV,charge 100 fC,and emittance 1.6310−9mrad can be produced by shining MHz X-ray laser pulses of energy 2.1 mJ onto coated crystals several micrometers thick.Such a miniature crystal accelerator,which has high reproducibility and allows sufficient control of the parameters of the electron beams,greatly expands the applications of X-ray free electron lasers.For example,it could serve as an ideal electron source for ultrafast electron diffraction and ultrafast electron microscopy to achieve attosecond resolution.展开更多
Corrigendum text:There is a misprint in the text of Figs.3 and 4.The text on the bottom part of Figs.3 and 4 should be“100 fs pulse Photoexcitation”and“1 fs pulse Photoexcitation”respectively.This error does not a...Corrigendum text:There is a misprint in the text of Figs.3 and 4.The text on the bottom part of Figs.3 and 4 should be“100 fs pulse Photoexcitation”and“1 fs pulse Photoexcitation”respectively.This error does not affect any conclusions in this work,and it has been corrected in the printed version of the journal.展开更多
A new type of soft X-ray source, i.e. a plasma-based X-ray laser, is found to be promising to conduct transient measurement. By means of picosecond X-ray laser speckles, the dynamic microscopic polarization clusters w...A new type of soft X-ray source, i.e. a plasma-based X-ray laser, is found to be promising to conduct transient measurement. By means of picosecond X-ray laser speckles, the dynamic microscopic polarization clusters within cubic (paraelectric) BaTiO3 was directly observed and characterized in a microscopic scale for the first time. This opens a way to study this type of clusters, which usually manifest large external-field response for ferroelectric materials.展开更多
Understanding the complex plasma dynamics in ultra-intense relativistic laser-solid interactions is of fundamental importance for applications of laser-plasma-based particle accelerators,the creation of high-energy-de...Understanding the complex plasma dynamics in ultra-intense relativistic laser-solid interactions is of fundamental importance for applications of laser-plasma-based particle accelerators,the creation of high-energy-density matter,understanding planetary science,and laser-driven fusion energy.However,experimental efforts in this regime have been limited by the lack of accessibility of over-critical densities and the poor spatiotemporal resolution of conventional diagnostics.Over the last decade,the advent of femtosecond brilliant hard X-ray free-electron lasers(XFELs)has opened new horizons to overcome these limitations.Here,for the first time,we present full-scale spatiotemporal measurements of solid-density plasma dynamics,including preplasma generation with tens of nanometer scale length driven by the leading edge of a relativistic laser pulse,ultrafast heating and ionization at the main pulse arrival,the laser-driven blast wave,and transient surface return current-induced compression dynamics up to hundreds of picoseconds after interaction.These observations are enabled by utilizing a novel combination of advanced X-ray diagnostics including small-angle X-ray scattering,resonant X-ray emission spectroscopy,and propagation-based X-ray phase-contrast imaging simultaneously at the European XFEL-HED beamline station.展开更多
The lattice parameter,measured with sufficient accuracy,can be utilized to evaluate the quality of single crystals and to determine the equation of state for materials.We propose an iterative method for obtaining more...The lattice parameter,measured with sufficient accuracy,can be utilized to evaluate the quality of single crystals and to determine the equation of state for materials.We propose an iterative method for obtaining more precise lattice parameters using the interaction points for the pseudo-Kossel pattern obtained from laser-induced X-ray diffraction(XRD).This method has been validated by the analysis of an XRD experiment conducted on iron single crystals.Furthermore,the method was used to calculate the compression ratio and rotated angle of an LiF sample under high pressure loading.This technique provides a robust tool for in-situ characterization of structural changes in single crystals under extreme conditions.It has significant implications for studying the equation of state and phase transitions.展开更多
Additive and solvent-free direct printing is critical for many applications,including smart electronics,solar cells,healthcare,and electrochemical energy storage.Although a few green techniques for direct patterning o...Additive and solvent-free direct printing is critical for many applications,including smart electronics,solar cells,healthcare,and electrochemical energy storage.Although a few green techniques for direct patterning of inorganic functional materials have been developed,they operate at small scale and require long processing times,restricting their effective translation from laboratory to market.Here we report a fast,liquid-free,cost-effective,and environmentally friendly aerosol-based printing method for fabricating linear or planar structures at microscale dimensions.In situ and on-demand generation of dry aerosol via pulsed laser ablation,coupled with real-time aerodynamical focusing using a co-flowing sheath gas,allows the deposition of a wide variety of materials on various substrates at room temperature and atmospheric pressure.Using silver as a test material,we systematically characterized the laser-generated aerosol deposits in terms of microstructural morphology,sintering activity,mass yield,density,and electrical performance,to show the relationship between process variability and underlying mechanisms.The capacity of high-throughput printing of silver deposits,with thickness up to 160μm,in a single pass was demonstrated.This rapid,efficient,and inkless printing process opens new and exciting opportunities for future applications that require easy-to-integrate components in printed electronic devices.展开更多
Laser wakefield accelerators(LWFAs)offer acceleration gradients up to 1000 times higher than those of conventional radio-frequency accelerators,offering a pathway to significantly more compact and cost-effective accel...Laser wakefield accelerators(LWFAs)offer acceleration gradients up to 1000 times higher than those of conventional radio-frequency accelerators,offering a pathway to significantly more compact and cost-effective accelerator systems.This breakthrough opens up new possibilities for laboratory-scale light sources.All-optical inverse Compton scattering(AOCS)sources driven by LWFAs produce high-brightness,quasimonochromatic X rays with micrometer-scale source sizes,delivering the spatial coherence and resolution required for X-ray phase-contrast imaging(XPCI).These features position AOCS X-ray sources as promising tools for applications in biology,medicine,physics,and materials science.However,previous AOCS-based imaging studies have primarily focused on X-ray absorption imaging.In this work,we report successful experimental demonstrations of edge-enhanced in-line XPCI using energy-tunable,quasi-monochromatic AOCS X rays.With a spatial resolution of~20μm,our results clearly show the potential of high-resolution,AOCS-based XPCI applications.展开更多
A RadioFrequency Quadrupole(RFQ)cooler-buncher system was developed and implemented in a collinear laser spectroscopy setup.This system converts a continuous ion beam into short bunches while enhancing the beam qualit...A RadioFrequency Quadrupole(RFQ)cooler-buncher system was developed and implemented in a collinear laser spectroscopy setup.This system converts a continuous ion beam into short bunches while enhancing the beam quality and reducing the energy spread.The functionality of the RFQ cooler buncher was verified through offline tests with stable rubidium and indium beams delivered from a surface ion source and a laser ablation ion source,respectively.Bunched ion beams with a full width at half maximum of approximately 2μs in the time-of-flight spectrum were successfully achieved with a transmission efficiency exceeding 60%.The implementation of the RFQ cooler-buncher system also significantly improved the overall transmission efficiency of the collinear laser spectroscopy setup.展开更多
Synchrotron method of resonant X-ray reflectivity 2D mapping has been applied to study ultrathin epitaxial layers of WS_(2)grown by pulsed laser deposition on Al_(2)O_(3)(0001)substrates.The measurements were carried ...Synchrotron method of resonant X-ray reflectivity 2D mapping has been applied to study ultrathin epitaxial layers of WS_(2)grown by pulsed laser deposition on Al_(2)O_(3)(0001)substrates.The measurements were carried out across the L absorption edge of tungsten to perform depth-dependent element-selective analysis sensitive to potential chemical modification of the WS_(2)layer in ambient conditions.Despite the few monolayer thickness of the studied film,the experimentally measured maps of reflectance as a function of incident angle and photon energy turned out to be quite informative showing well-pronounced interference effects near W absorption edge at 10210 eV.The synchrotron studies were complemented with conventional non-resonant reflectance measurements carried out in the laboratory at a fixed photon energy corresponding to Cu Kαemission.The reconstruction of the depth and energy dependent scattering length density within the studied multilayers was carried out using the OpenCL empowered fitting software utilizing spectral shaping algorithm which does not rely on the pre-measured reference absorption spectra.A thin WO_(x) layer has been revealed at the surface of the WS_(2)layer pointing out to the effect of water assisted photo-oxidation reported in a number of works related to ultrathin layers of transition metal dichalcogenides.展开更多
文摘In most collisional schemes of x-ray laser （XRL） experiments, a bow-like intensity distribution of XRL is often observed, and it is generally ascribed to the two-dimensional hydrodynamic behaviour of expanding plasma. In order to better understand its essence in physics, a newly developed two-dimensional non-equilibrium radiation hydrodynamic code XRL2D is used to simulate a quasi-steady state Ni-like Ag XRL experiment on ShenGuang-Ⅱfacility. The simulation results show that the bow-like distribution of Ni-like ions caused by over-ionization in the central area of plasma is responsible for the bow-like shape of the XRL intensity distribution observed.
文摘For experiments such as on Ni-like Ag x-ray laser, driven by 1ω laser, the gain region is only several nm depth near the target surface, this paper proposes a new two-layer target, in which a thin layer （several nm depth） of silver is plated on the surface of some other materials. Furthermore, the Ni-like Ag 13.9 nm x-ray laser produced by three new kinds of two-layer target with CH, Al and Ge as foundation, was theoretically studied.
基金suported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 10874242)the National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program) (Grant No. 2007CB815105)Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education of China (Grant No. 20070290008)
文摘Based on the two-dimensional model, this paper compares the hydrodynamics of slab x-ray laser plasma produced by different nonuniform line focused irradiations. It finds that the average intensity and the duration of laser pulse and the overall shape of the intensity distribution in the focal line have different influences on the plasma. Calculations show that the evolution of temperature variation is more sensitive to the pulse duration and the electron density variation is more sensitive to the pulse intensity. Pulses with duration of 200 ps to 500 ps and with intensity of 0.2 TW/cm2 to 1.0 TW/cm2 are proved acceptable in slab x-ray lasers.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China ( Grant Nos 60678007,60621063 and 10774184)the State Key Development Program for Basic Research of China (Grant No 2007CB815101)
文摘We investigate the Ne-like Cr x-ray laser at 28.6 nm by using a modified ID lagrangian hydrodynamic code MEDI03 coupled with an atomic physics data package and a 2D ray tracing code as a post-processor. The laser pumping configuration includes two prepulses and one main pulse. The first prepulse normally irradiates the target, while the second prepulse and the main pulse irradiate the target at grazing-incident angles. We predict that saturation can be achieved for the Ne-like Cr x-ray lasers with a total pumping energy of 125mJ, Good beam qualities with no deflecting angle and a small divergence angle of 5 mrad are observed.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos 10474137,10874242 and 10775018)the National Basic Research Program of China (Grant No 2007CB815105)the Specialized Research Fund for the DoctoralProgram of Higher Education of China (Grant No 20070290008)
文摘A method of studying a non-equilibrium x-ray laser plasma is developed by extending the existing one-dimensional similarity equations to the case of two-dimensional plasma study in the directions perpendicular to the slab and along a focal line. With this method the characteristics of pre-plasma are optimized for transient neon-like Cr x-ray laser. It is found that when the duration and the intensity of 1.053μm pre-pulse are 1.2 ns and 6.5 TW/cm^2 respectively with a delay time of 1.5 ns, the temperature and the temperature discrepancy each approach a proper state, which will provide a uniform distribution of properly ionized neon-like Cr ions before the arrival of pumping pulse.
基金performed under the auspices of the U.S.Department of Energy by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory under Contract DE-AC52-07NA27344。
文摘Using an X-ray free electron laser(XFEL)at 960 eV to photo-ionize the 1s electron in neutral neon followed by lasing on the 2p-1s transition in singly-ionized neon,an inner-shell X-ray laser was demonstrated at 849 eV in singly-ionized neon gas several years ago.It took decades to demonstrate this scheme,because it required a very strong X-ray source that could photo-ionize the 1s(K shell)electron in neon on a timescale comparable to the intrinsic Auger lifetime in neon of 2 fs.In this paper,we model the neon inner shell X-ray laser under similar conditions to those used in the XFEL experiments at the SLAC Linac Coherent Light Source(LCLS),and show how we can improve the efficiency of the neon laser and reduce the drive requirements by tuning the XFEL to the 1s-3p transition in neutral neon in order to create gain on the 2p-1s line in neutral neon.We also show how the XFEL could be used to photo-ionize L-shell electrons to drive gain on n=3-2 transitions in singlyionized Ar and Cu plasmas.These bright,coherent,and monochromatic X-ray lasers may prove very useful for doing high-resolution spectroscopy and for studying non-linear process in the X-ray regime.
基金supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.11574390,11374360,41472130)the National Basic Research Program of China(No.2013CBA01504)
文摘A simple modified model is presented based on R. A. London＇s self-similarity model on time-independent ionization hydrodynamics of exploding foil X-ray lasers. In our model, the time-dependent ionization effect is under consideration and the average ion charge depends on the temperature. Then we obtain the new scaling laws for temperature, scale length and electron density, which have better agreement with experimental results.
文摘Gain coefficients are calculated for neon-like gallium and germanium ions. Shorter wavelengths are calculated and predicted to be emitted. The gain coefficients are calculated among 457 energy levels of the neon-like ions. Collisional excitations were calculated through the distorted wave approximations through five electron temperatures T<sub>e</sub> = 300, 500, 700, 1000 and 1500 eV.
基金Supported by the Laser Domain of the Chinese National High Technology Plan。
文摘AmpliHcation of spontaneous emissions at 19.6,23.2 and 23.6 nm have been observed by a “ultiple-Target Series Coupling”design in Ge plasma,.The combined length for four targets is up to 56mm.The gain length product(GL)of small signal is up to 18 for both lines at 23.2 and 23.6 nmt and the effective GL is 16.4 and 15.7 for these two lines respectively.This two lines are obviously tending to saturation.The divergence of x-ray laser beam is about 4 mrad.
基金Supported by the National High Technique 863-410 Project.
文摘An x-ray laser shadowgraphy experiment was conducted on Xingguang-Ⅱ laser facility in 1996.A multi-layer spherical mirror was used as an imaging element and a high sensitivity CCD camera as a detector.We measured the near-field image of the Ti x-ray laser beam.With a Ti x-ray laser beam as a backlight source,we obtained a clear CU mesh image,demonstrating the potential as advanced diagnostic measurements to study high density plasmas in inertial confinement fusion research.
基金supported by the Czech Academy of Sciences(Mobility Plus Project No.CNRS-23-12)A.M.F.was supported by the Russian Science Foundation(Grant No.20-12-00077).
文摘Coherent motion of particles in a plasma can imprint itself on radiation.The recent advent of high-power lasers—allowing the nonlinear inverse Compton-scattering regime to be reached—has opened the possibility of looking at collective effects in laser–plasma interactions.Under certain conditions,the collective interaction of many electrons with a laser pulse can generate coherent radiation in the hard x-ray regime.This perspective paper explains the limitations under which such a regime might be attained.
基金This work was supported by the Ministry of Science and Technology of the People’s Republic of China(Grant Nos.2018YFA0404803 and 2016YFA0401102)the National Science Foundation of China(Grant No.11935008).
文摘Advances in X-ray laser sources have paved the way to relativistic attosecond X-ray laser pulses and opened up the possibility of exploring highenergy-density physics with this technology.With particle-in-cell simulations,we investigate the interaction of realistic metal crystals with relativistic X-ray laser pulses of parameters that will be available in the near future.A wakefield of the order of TV/cm is excited in the crystal and accelerates trapped electrons stably even though the wakefield is locally modulated by the crystal lattice.Electron injection either occurs at the sharp crystal-vacuum boundary or is controlled by coating the crystal with a high-density film.High-repetition-rate attosecond(20 as)monoenergetic electron beams of energy 125 MeV,charge 100 fC,and emittance 1.6310−9mrad can be produced by shining MHz X-ray laser pulses of energy 2.1 mJ onto coated crystals several micrometers thick.Such a miniature crystal accelerator,which has high reproducibility and allows sufficient control of the parameters of the electron beams,greatly expands the applications of X-ray free electron lasers.For example,it could serve as an ideal electron source for ultrafast electron diffraction and ultrafast electron microscopy to achieve attosecond resolution.
文摘Corrigendum text:There is a misprint in the text of Figs.3 and 4.The text on the bottom part of Figs.3 and 4 should be“100 fs pulse Photoexcitation”and“1 fs pulse Photoexcitation”respectively.This error does not affect any conclusions in this work,and it has been corrected in the printed version of the journal.
文摘A new type of soft X-ray source, i.e. a plasma-based X-ray laser, is found to be promising to conduct transient measurement. By means of picosecond X-ray laser speckles, the dynamic microscopic polarization clusters within cubic (paraelectric) BaTiO3 was directly observed and characterized in a microscopic scale for the first time. This opens a way to study this type of clusters, which usually manifest large external-field response for ferroelectric materials.
基金funding from Grant No. HIDSS-0002 DASHH (Data Science in Hamburg-Helmholtz Graduate School for the Structure of Matter)partially supported by the Helmholtz Imaging platform through the project “Smart Phase.”
文摘Understanding the complex plasma dynamics in ultra-intense relativistic laser-solid interactions is of fundamental importance for applications of laser-plasma-based particle accelerators,the creation of high-energy-density matter,understanding planetary science,and laser-driven fusion energy.However,experimental efforts in this regime have been limited by the lack of accessibility of over-critical densities and the poor spatiotemporal resolution of conventional diagnostics.Over the last decade,the advent of femtosecond brilliant hard X-ray free-electron lasers(XFELs)has opened new horizons to overcome these limitations.Here,for the first time,we present full-scale spatiotemporal measurements of solid-density plasma dynamics,including preplasma generation with tens of nanometer scale length driven by the leading edge of a relativistic laser pulse,ultrafast heating and ionization at the main pulse arrival,the laser-driven blast wave,and transient surface return current-induced compression dynamics up to hundreds of picoseconds after interaction.These observations are enabled by utilizing a novel combination of advanced X-ray diagnostics including small-angle X-ray scattering,resonant X-ray emission spectroscopy,and propagation-based X-ray phase-contrast imaging simultaneously at the European XFEL-HED beamline station.
基金National Natural Science Foundation of China(12102410)Fund of National Key Laboratory of Shock Wave and Detonation Physics(JCKYS2022212005)。
文摘The lattice parameter,measured with sufficient accuracy,can be utilized to evaluate the quality of single crystals and to determine the equation of state for materials.We propose an iterative method for obtaining more precise lattice parameters using the interaction points for the pseudo-Kossel pattern obtained from laser-induced X-ray diffraction(XRD).This method has been validated by the analysis of an XRD experiment conducted on iron single crystals.Furthermore,the method was used to calculate the compression ratio and rotated angle of an LiF sample under high pressure loading.This technique provides a robust tool for in-situ characterization of structural changes in single crystals under extreme conditions.It has significant implications for studying the equation of state and phase transitions.
基金financial support from the China Scholarship Council(No.202108220036)Advanced Microscopy Laboratory in Trinity College Dublin。
文摘Additive and solvent-free direct printing is critical for many applications,including smart electronics,solar cells,healthcare,and electrochemical energy storage.Although a few green techniques for direct patterning of inorganic functional materials have been developed,they operate at small scale and require long processing times,restricting their effective translation from laboratory to market.Here we report a fast,liquid-free,cost-effective,and environmentally friendly aerosol-based printing method for fabricating linear or planar structures at microscale dimensions.In situ and on-demand generation of dry aerosol via pulsed laser ablation,coupled with real-time aerodynamical focusing using a co-flowing sheath gas,allows the deposition of a wide variety of materials on various substrates at room temperature and atmospheric pressure.Using silver as a test material,we systematically characterized the laser-generated aerosol deposits in terms of microstructural morphology,sintering activity,mass yield,density,and electrical performance,to show the relationship between process variability and underlying mechanisms.The capacity of high-throughput printing of silver deposits,with thickness up to 160μm,in a single pass was demonstrated.This rapid,efficient,and inkless printing process opens new and exciting opportunities for future applications that require easy-to-integrate components in printed electronic devices.
基金supported by the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(Grant No.XDB0530000)the Discipline Construction Foundation of“Double World-class Project”.
文摘Laser wakefield accelerators(LWFAs)offer acceleration gradients up to 1000 times higher than those of conventional radio-frequency accelerators,offering a pathway to significantly more compact and cost-effective accelerator systems.This breakthrough opens up new possibilities for laboratory-scale light sources.All-optical inverse Compton scattering(AOCS)sources driven by LWFAs produce high-brightness,quasimonochromatic X rays with micrometer-scale source sizes,delivering the spatial coherence and resolution required for X-ray phase-contrast imaging(XPCI).These features position AOCS X-ray sources as promising tools for applications in biology,medicine,physics,and materials science.However,previous AOCS-based imaging studies have primarily focused on X-ray absorption imaging.In this work,we report successful experimental demonstrations of edge-enhanced in-line XPCI using energy-tunable,quasi-monochromatic AOCS X rays.With a spatial resolution of~20μm,our results clearly show the potential of high-resolution,AOCS-based XPCI applications.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.12027809,12350007)National Key R&D Program of China(Nos.2022YFA1605100,2023YFA1606403,and 2023YFE0101600)+1 种基金New Cornerstone Science Foundation through the XPLORER PRIZEfunding from the European Research Council(ERC)under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under grant agreement No.679038.
文摘A RadioFrequency Quadrupole(RFQ)cooler-buncher system was developed and implemented in a collinear laser spectroscopy setup.This system converts a continuous ion beam into short bunches while enhancing the beam quality and reducing the energy spread.The functionality of the RFQ cooler buncher was verified through offline tests with stable rubidium and indium beams delivered from a surface ion source and a laser ablation ion source,respectively.Bunched ion beams with a full width at half maximum of approximately 2μs in the time-of-flight spectrum were successfully achieved with a transmission efficiency exceeding 60%.The implementation of the RFQ cooler-buncher system also significantly improved the overall transmission efficiency of the collinear laser spectroscopy setup.
基金supported by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation(agreement No.075-15-2021-1349)。
文摘Synchrotron method of resonant X-ray reflectivity 2D mapping has been applied to study ultrathin epitaxial layers of WS_(2)grown by pulsed laser deposition on Al_(2)O_(3)(0001)substrates.The measurements were carried out across the L absorption edge of tungsten to perform depth-dependent element-selective analysis sensitive to potential chemical modification of the WS_(2)layer in ambient conditions.Despite the few monolayer thickness of the studied film,the experimentally measured maps of reflectance as a function of incident angle and photon energy turned out to be quite informative showing well-pronounced interference effects near W absorption edge at 10210 eV.The synchrotron studies were complemented with conventional non-resonant reflectance measurements carried out in the laboratory at a fixed photon energy corresponding to Cu Kαemission.The reconstruction of the depth and energy dependent scattering length density within the studied multilayers was carried out using the OpenCL empowered fitting software utilizing spectral shaping algorithm which does not rely on the pre-measured reference absorption spectra.A thin WO_(x) layer has been revealed at the surface of the WS_(2)layer pointing out to the effect of water assisted photo-oxidation reported in a number of works related to ultrathin layers of transition metal dichalcogenides.
