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We developed a novel quasielastic scattering spectroscopy system that uses a multiline frequency comblike resolution function to overcome the limit on the accessible timescale imposed by the inherent single-energy resolution of conventional spectroscopy systems. The new multiline system possesses multiple resolutions and can efficiently cover a wide time range, from 100 ps to 100 ns, where x-ray-based dynamic measurement techniques are being actively developed. It enables visualization of the relaxation shape and wave-number-dependent dynamic behavior using a two-dimensional detector, as demonstrated for the natural polymer polybutadine without deuteration.
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SiO2 aggregates in styrene-butadiene rubber (SBR) were observed using ptychographic X-ray computed tomography (PXCT). The rubber composites were illuminated with X-rays focused by total reflection focusing mirrors, and the ptychographic diffraction patterns were collected using a CITIUS detector in the range of -75° to +75° angle of incidence. The projection images of the rubber composites were reconstructed with a two-dimensional resolution of 76â nm, and no significant structural changes were observed during the PXCT measurements. A three-dimensional image of the rubber composite was reconstructed with an isotropic resolution of 98â nm. Segmentation of SiO2 from the SBR, based on a histogram analysis of the phase shift, revealed a fragmented network structure of interconnected SiO2 aggregates.
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Ptychographic coherent diffraction imaging (PCDI) is a synchrotron X-ray microscopy technique that provides high spatial resolution and a wide field of view. To improve the performance of PCDI, the performance of the synchrotron radiation source and imaging detector should be improved. In this study, ptychographic diffraction pattern measurements using the CITIUS high-speed X-ray image detector and the corresponding image reconstruction are reported. X-rays with an energy of 6.5â keV were focused by total reflection focusing mirrors, and a flux of â¼2.6 × 1010â photonsâ s-1 was obtained at the sample plane. Diffraction intensity data were collected at up to â¼250â Mcounts s-1 pixel-1 without saturation of the detector. Measurements of tantalum test charts and silica particles and the reconstruction of phase images were performed. A resolution of â¼10â nm and a phase sensitivity of â¼0.01â rad were obtained. The CITIUS detector can be applied to the PCDI observation of various samples using low-emittance synchrotron radiation sources and to the stability evaluation of light sources.
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The CITIUS detector is a next-generation high-speed X-ray imaging detector. It has integrating-type pixels and is designed to show a consistent linear response at a frame rate of 17.4â kHz, which results in a saturation count rate of over 30â Mcpsâ pixel-1 when operating at an acquisition duty cycle close to 100%, and up to 20 times higher with special extended acquisition modes. Here, its application for Bragg coherent diffraction imaging is demonstrated by taking advantage of the fourth-generation Extremely Brilliant Source of the European Synchrotron (ESRF-EBS, Grenoble, France). The CITIUS detector outperformed a photon-counting detector, similar spatial resolution being achieved (20â ±â 6â nm versus 22â ±â 9â nm) with greatly reduced acquisition times (23â s versus 200â s). It is also shown how the CITIUS detector can be expected to perform during dynamic Bragg coherent diffraction imaging measurements. Finally, the current limitations of the CITIUS detector and further optimizations for coherent imaging techniques are discussed.