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Single-Shot Multi-keV X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy Using an Ultrashort Laser-Wakefield Accelerator Source

Kettle, B.; Gerstmayr, E.; Streeter, M. J. V.; Albert, F.; Baggott, R. A.; Bourgeois, N.; Cole, J. M.; Dann, S.; Falk, K.; Gallardo González, I.; Hussein, A. E.; Lemos, N.; Lopes, N. C.; Lundh, O.; Ma, Y.; Rose, S. J.; Spindloe, C.; Symes, D. R.; Smid, M.; Thomas, A. G. R.; Watt, R.; Mangles, S. P. D.

Single-shot absorption measurements have been performed using the multi-keV x rays generated by alaser-wakefield accelerator. A 200 TW laser was used to drive a laser-wakefield accelerator in a modewhich produced broadband electron beams with a maximum energy above 1 GeVand a broad divergence of ≈15mrad FWHM. Betatron oscillations of these electrons generated1.2 0.2×106photons=eV in the5 keV region, with a signal-to-noise ratio of approximately 300∶1. This was sufficient to allow high-resolution x-ray absorption near-edge structure measurements at theKedge of a titanium sample in a singleshot. We demonstrate that this source is capable of single-shot, simultaneous measurements of both theelectron and ion distributions in matter heated to eV temperatures by comparison with density functionaltheory simulations. The unique combination of a high-flux, large bandwidth, few femtosecond durationx-ray pulse synchronized to a high-power laser will enable key advances in the study of ultrafast energeticprocesses such as electron-ion equilibration.

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