Rack, A.; Garcia-Moreno, F.; Schmitt, C.; Betz, O.; Cecilla, A.; Ershov, A.; Rack, T.; Banhart, J.; Zabler, S.: On the possibilities of hard X-ray imaging with high spatio-temporal resolution using polychromatic synchrotron radiation. Journal of X-Ray Science and Technology 18 (2010), p. 429-441
10.3233/XST-2010-0273
Abstract:
Timeresolved 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 spatiotemporal 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 highspeed hard X-ray microimaging approach.