High-speed soft x-ray techniques

Eiichi Sato; Michiaki Sagae; Arimitsu Shikoda; Kei Takahashi; Teiji Oizumi; Mariko Yamamoto; Akihito Takabe; Kimio Sakamaki; Yasuomi Hayasi; Hidenori Ojima; Kazuyoshi Takayama; Yoshiharu Tamakawa

doi:10.1117/12.273384

28 May 1997 High-speed soft x-ray techniques

Eiichi Sato, Michiaki Sagae, Arimitsu Shikoda, Kei Takahashi, Teiji Oizumi, Mariko Yamamoto, Akihito Takabe, Kimio Sakamaki, Yasuomi Hayasi, Hidenori Ojima, Kazuyoshi Takayama, Yoshiharu Tamakawa

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Proceedings Volume 2869, 22nd International Congress on High-Speed Photography and Photonics; (1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.273384
Event: 22nd International Congress on High-Speed Photography and Photonics, 1996, Santa Fe, NM, United States

Abstract

The construction and the characteristics of recent high- speed soft x-ray generators designed by the authors are described. The flash x-ray generators having cold-cathode radiation tubes are three types as follows: (1) soft generator utilizing an ignitron, (2) plasma generator for producing high-intensity characteristic x rays, and (3) water-window generator having a high-durability fermite capillary. In general, when we employed the flash x-ray generators with diodes, the pulse widths had values of less than 200 ns. Next, the x-ray duration was almost equivalent to the durations of the tube voltage and current during their damped oscillations when the water-window generator was employed. The maximum tube voltage was increased up to 100 kV, and the tube currents achieved with high-intensity generators were more than 10 kA. In order to obtain kilohertz-range repetition rates, we have developed two types of stroboscopic x-ray generators having hot-cathode tubes as follows: (4) low-photon-energy generator utilizing and triode and (5) high-photon-energy generator with a diode. As the duration was controlled in a microsecond range by using the low-photon-energy generator, sufficient x-ray intensifier for the normal radiography were obtained. The maximum photon energy could be increased up to about 200 keV by the high-photon-energy generator having a double transformer. Using these generation, we performed high-speed soft radiography.

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Eiichi Sato, Michiaki Sagae, Arimitsu Shikoda, Kei Takahashi, Teiji Oizumi, Mariko Yamamoto, Akihito Takabe, Kimio Sakamaki, Yasuomi Hayasi, Hidenori Ojima, Kazuyoshi Takayama, and Yoshiharu Tamakawa "High-speed soft x-ray techniques", Proc. SPIE 2869, 22nd International Congress on High-Speed Photography and Photonics, (28 May 1997); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.273384

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