On the possibilities of hard X-ray imaging with high spatio-temporal resolution using polychromatic synchrotron radiation

• Published in: Journal of X-ray science and technology Vol. 18; no. 4; p. 429
• Main Authors: Rack, A, Garcia-Moreno, F, Schmitt, C, Betz, O, Cecilia, A, Ershov, A, Rack, T, Banhart, J, Zabler, S
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands 2010
• Subjects: Radiography - instrumentation; Radiography - methods; Synchrotrons
• ISSN: 1095-9114
• DOI: 10.3233/XST-2010-0273

Time-resolved imaging with penetrating radiation has an outstanding scientific value but its realisation requires a high density of photons as well as corresponding fast X-ray image detection schemes. Bending magnets and insertion devices of third generation synchrotron light sources offer a polychromatic photon flux density which is high enough to perform hard X-ray imaging with a spatio-temporal resolution up to the μm-μs range. Existing indirect X-ray image detectors commonly used at synchrotron light sources can be adapted for fast image acquisition by employing CMOS-based digital high speed cameras already available on the market. Selected applications from life sciences and materials research underline the high potential of this high-speed hard X-ray microimaging approach.