Picosecond laser-driven coded-source radiography with high resolution and contrast.
Opt Express
; 32(10): 16809-16822, 2024 May 06.
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The X-ray sources for Compton radiography of ICF experiments are generated by using intense picosecond lasers to irradiate wire targets. The wire diameter must be designed thin enough, for example â¼ 10â
µm in many published works, to comply a high spatial resolution. This results in a low laser-target interception, which limits the photon yield. We investigated a technique of coded-source radiography based on laser-driven annular sources via Monte Carlo and PIC simulations. The annular X-ray source is formed by laser irradiating tube target in which the effect of electron recirculation plays an important role. We proved that this technique has an increased spatial resolution and contrast than that using the Gaussian source produced by wire targets. Therefore, the diameter of the backlighter target can be significantly increased to uplift laser-target interception without compromising on spatial resolution. This contributes towards a reconciliation between the spatial resolution and photon yield for Compton radiography. The results predict the possibility of improving source photon yield by several times in future experiments.
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