A short-pulse hard x-ray source with compact electron linac via laser-Compton scattering for medical and industrial radiography

Author

Toyokawa, H. ; Kuroda, R. ; Yasumoto, M. ; Sei, N. ; Ogawa, H. ; Tanaka, M. ; Ikeura-Sekiguchi, H. ; Koike, M. ; Yamada, K. ; Sakai, F. ; Nakajyo, T. ; Yanagida, T.

Author_Institution

Nat. Inst. of Adv. Ind. Sci. & Technol., Tsukuba

fYear

2007

fDate

25-29 June 2007

Firstpage

121

Lastpage

123

Abstract

An intense, quasi-monochromatic hard X-ray beam has been generated via the laser-Compton scattering of an electron bunch with a laser pulse. An s-band linear accelerator of 40 MeV and Ti:sapphire femtosecond terawatt laser were used to generate X-rays. We plan to increase the X-ray intensity up to two-orders than the current one until FY2008. Specifications of the electron accelerator and the laser systems are presented, together with the developments and modifications being undergone.

Keywords

Compton effect; X-ray lasers; electron accelerators; high-speed optical techniques; linear accelerators; particle beam bunching; radiography; sapphire; titanium; Ti:Al₂O₃; compact electron linac; electron accelerator; electron bunch; femtosecond terawatt laser; industrial radiography; laser pulse; laser-Compton scattering; medical radiography; quasimonochromatic hard X-ray beam; s-band linear accelerator; short-pulse hard X-ray source; Acceleration; Electrons; Laser mode locking; Laser theory; Light scattering; Linear particle accelerator; Optical pulse generation; Radiography; X-ray lasers; X-ray scattering;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Particle Accelerator Conference, 2007. PAC. IEEE

Conference_Location

Albuquerque, NM

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-0916-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PAC.2007.4440130

Filename

4440130