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Quantum Beam Sci., Volume 2, Issue 1 (March 2018) – 7 articles

Cover Story (view full-size image): Diffuse neutron scattering in the hk0 section of the molecular crystal d-benzil, C14D10O2, at two different temperatures measured on the CORELLI instrument at the Spallation Neutron Source (SNS) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, (Oak Ridge, TN, USA). Since the scattering is due to thermal excitations the scattering is mostly inelastic with only the Bragg peaks being purely elastic. CORELLI uses a statistical chopper and cross-correlation analysis to distinguish elastic and inelastic events. View Paper here.
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Editorial
Facilities in Quantum Beam Science
by Klaus-Dieter Liss
Guangdong Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Shantou 515063, China
Quantum Beam Sci. 2018, 2(1), 6; https://doi.org/10.3390/qubs2010006 - 27 Feb 2018
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The year 2017 saw the birth of the journal Quantum Beam Science [1] which is dedicated to the sources and properties of quantum beam radiation [...]
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Research

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Development of Focusing Plasma Mirrors for Ultraintense Laser-Driven Particle and Radiation Sources
by Robbie Wilson 1, Martin King 1, Ross J. Gray 1, David C. Carroll 2, Rachel J. Dance 1, Nicholas M. H. Butler 1, Chris Armstrong 1,2, Steve J. Hawkes 2,1, Robert J. Clarke 2, David J. Robertson 3, Cyril Bourgenot 3, David Neely 2,1 and Paul McKenna 1,*
1 SUPA Department of Physics, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow G4 0NG, U.K.
2 Central Laser Facility, STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Oxfordshire OX11 0QX, U.K.
3 Department of Physics, Durham University, South Road, Durham DH1 3LE, U.K.
Quantum Beam Sci. 2018, 2(1), 1; https://doi.org/10.3390/qubs2010001 - 9 Jan 2018
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Increasing the peak intensity to which high power laser pulses are focused can open up new regimes of laser-plasma interactions, resulting in the acceleration of ions to higher energies and more efficient generation of energetic photons. Low f-number focusing plasma mirrors, which re-image [...] Read more.
Increasing the peak intensity to which high power laser pulses are focused can open up new regimes of laser-plasma interactions, resulting in the acceleration of ions to higher energies and more efficient generation of energetic photons. Low f-number focusing plasma mirrors, which re-image and demagnify the laser focus, provide an attractive approach to producing higher intensities, without requiring significant changes to the laser system. They are small, enhance the pulse intensity contrast and eliminate the requirement to expose expensive optics directly to target debris. We report on progress made in a programme of work to design, manufacture and optimise ellipsoidal focusing plasma mirrors. Different approaches to manufacturing these innovative optics are described, and the results of characterisation tests are presented. The procedure developed to align the optics is outlined, together with initial results from their use with a petawatt-level laser. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Laser-Driven Quantum Beams)
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Coherent Resonant Soft X-ray Scattering Study of Magnetic Textures in FeGe
by Victor Ukleev 1,*, Yuichi Yamasaki 1,2,3, Daisuke Morikawa 1, Naoya Kanazawa 4, Yoshihiro Okamura 4, Hironori Nakao 5, Yoshinori Tokura 1,4 and Taka-hisa Arima 1,6
1 RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science (CEMS), Wako 351-0198, Japan
2 Research and Services Division of Materials Data and Integrated System (MaDIS), National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Tsukuba 305-0047, Japan
3 PRESTO, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Kawaguchi 332-0012, Japan
4 Department of Applied Physics and Quantum-Phase Electronics Center (QPEC), University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan
5 Condensed Matter Research Center and Photon Factory, Institute of Materials Structure Science, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization, Tsukuba 305-0801, Japan
6 Department of Advanced Materials Science, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa 277-8561, Japan
Quantum Beam Sci. 2018, 2(1), 3; https://doi.org/10.3390/qubs2010003 - 19 Jan 2018
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Coherent resonant soft X-ray scattering was utilized to examine the magnetic textures in a thin plate of the cubic B20 compound FeGe. Small-angle scattering patterns were measured with controlled temperatures and magnetic fields exhibiting magnetic scattering from a helical texture and skyrmion lattice. [...] Read more.
Coherent resonant soft X-ray scattering was utilized to examine the magnetic textures in a thin plate of the cubic B20 compound FeGe. Small-angle scattering patterns were measured with controlled temperatures and magnetic fields exhibiting magnetic scattering from a helical texture and skyrmion lattice. By measuring the scattering pattern in a saturation magnetic field, magnetic and charge scattering were distinguished and an iterative phase retrieval algorithm was applied to reconstruct the magnetic texture in the real-space. Results of the real-space reconstruction of magnetic texture from two independently measured datasets were used to compare the reliability of the retrieval. Full article
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Laser Requirements for High-Order Harmonic Generation by Relativistic Plasma Singularities
by Alexander S. Pirozhkov 1,*, Timur Zh. Esirkepov 1, Tatiana A. Pikuz 2,3, Anatoly Ya. Faenov 3,4, Akito Sagisaka 1, Koichi Ogura 1, Yukio Hayashi 1, Hideyuki Kotaki 1, Eugene N. Ragozin 5,6, David Neely 7,8, James K. Koga 1, Yuji Fukuda 1, Masaharu Nishikino 1, Takashi Imazono 1, Noboru Hasegawa 1, Tetsuya Kawachi 1, Hiroyuki Daido 9, Yoshiaki Kato 10, Sergei V. Bulanov 1,6,11,12, Kiminori Kondo 1, Hiromitsu Kiriyama 1 and Masaki Kando 1add Show full author list remove Hide full author list
1 Kansai Photon Science Institute (KPSI), National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology (QST), Kizugawa, Kyoto 619-0215, Japan
2 Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
3 Joint Institute for High Temperatures of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 125412, Russia
4 Open and Transdisciplinary Research Initiatives, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
5 P. N. Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 119991, Russia
6 Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (State University), 9 Institutskii pereulok, Dolgoprudnyi, Moscow Region 141700, Russia
7 Central Laser Facility, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, STFC, Oxon OX11 0QX, UK
8 Department of Physics, SUPA, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow G4 0NG, UK
9 Naraha Remote Technology Development Center, JAEA, Yamadaoka, Naraha, Futaba, Fukushima 979-0513, Japan
10 The Graduate School for the Creation of New Photonics Industries, Nishiku, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka 431-1202, Japan
11 A. M. Prokhorov Institute of General Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 119991, Russia
12 Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, v.v.i. (FZU), ELI-Beamlines project, 182 21 Prague, Czech Republic
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Quantum Beam Sci. 2018, 2(1), 7; https://doi.org/10.3390/qubs2010007 - 20 Mar 2018
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We discuss requirements on relativistic-irradiance (I0 > 1018 W/cm2) high-power (multi-terawatt) ultrashort (femtosecond) lasers for efficient generation of high-order harmonics in gas jet targets in a new regime discovered recently (Pirozhkov et al., 2012). Here, we present the [...] Read more.
We discuss requirements on relativistic-irradiance (I0 > 1018 W/cm2) high-power (multi-terawatt) ultrashort (femtosecond) lasers for efficient generation of high-order harmonics in gas jet targets in a new regime discovered recently (Pirozhkov et al., 2012). Here, we present the results of several experimental campaigns performed with different irradiances, analyse the obtained results and derive the required laser parameters. In particular, we found that the root mean square (RMS) wavefront error should be smaller than ~100 nm (~λ/8). Further, the angular dispersion should be kept considerably smaller than the diffraction divergence, i.e., μrad level for 100–300-mm beam diameters. The corresponding angular chirp should not exceed 10−2 μrad/nm for a 40-nm bandwidth. We show the status of the J-KAREN-P laser (Kiriyama et al., 2015; Pirozhkov et al., 2017) and report on the progress towards satisfying these requirements. Full article
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Single Crystal Diffuse Neutron Scattering
by Richard Welberry 1,* and Ross Whitfield 2
1 Research School of Chemistry, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
2 Neutron Scattering Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, USA
Quantum Beam Sci. 2018, 2(1), 2; https://doi.org/10.3390/qubs2010002 - 11 Jan 2018
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Diffuse neutron scattering has become a valuable tool for investigating local structure in materials ranging from organic molecular crystals containing only light atoms to piezo-ceramics that frequently contain heavy elements. Although neutron sources will never be able to compete with X-rays in terms [...] Read more.
Diffuse neutron scattering has become a valuable tool for investigating local structure in materials ranging from organic molecular crystals containing only light atoms to piezo-ceramics that frequently contain heavy elements. Although neutron sources will never be able to compete with X-rays in terms of the available flux the special properties of neutrons, viz. the ability to explore inelastic scattering events, the fact that scattering lengths do not vary systematically with atomic number and their ability to scatter from magnetic moments, provides strong motivation for developing neutron diffuse scattering methods. In this paper, we compare three different instruments that have been used by us to collect neutron diffuse scattering data. Two of these are on a spallation source and one on a reactor source. Full article
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X-Ray Diffraction under Extreme Conditions at the Advanced Light Source
by Camelia V. Stan *, Christine M. Beavers, Martin Kunz and Nobumichi Tamura *
Lawrence Berkeley Lab, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
Quantum Beam Sci. 2018, 2(1), 4; https://doi.org/10.3390/qubs2010004 - 23 Jan 2018
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The more than a century-old technique of X-ray diffraction in either angle or energy dispersive mode has been used to probe materials’ microstructure in a number of ways, including phase identification, stress measurements, structure solutions, and the determination of physical properties such as [...] Read more.
The more than a century-old technique of X-ray diffraction in either angle or energy dispersive mode has been used to probe materials’ microstructure in a number of ways, including phase identification, stress measurements, structure solutions, and the determination of physical properties such as compressibility and phase transition boundaries. The study of high-pressure and high-temperature materials has strongly benefitted from this technique when combined with the high brilliance source provided by third generation synchrotron facilities, such as the Advanced Light Source (ALS) (Berkeley, CA, USA). Here we present a brief review of recent work at this facility in the field of X-ray diffraction under extreme conditions, including an overview of diamond anvil cells, X-ray diffraction, and a summary of three beamline capabilities conducting X-ray diffraction high-pressure research in the diamond anvil cell. Full article
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Investigation of Structure and Dynamics in Disordered Materials Using Containerless Techniques with In-Situ Quantum Beam and Thermophysical Property Measurements
by Shinji Kohara 1,2,3,4,*, Koji Ohara 3, Takehiko Ishikawa 5, Haruka Tamaru 5 and Richard Weber 6,7
1 Synchrotron X-ray Group, Light/Quantum Beam Field, Research Center for Advanced Measurement and Characterization, National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), 1-1-1 Kouto, Sayo, Hyogo 679-5148, Japan
2 Topological Analysis Group, Information Integrated Materials Design Field, Center for Materials Research by Information Integration, National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), 1-2-1 Sengen, Tsukuba, Ibaragi 305-0047, Japan
3 Research & Utilization Division, Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute, 1-1-1 Kouto, Sayo, Hyogo 679-5198, Japan
4 PRESTO, Japan Science and Technology Agency, 7 Gobancho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-0076, Japan
5 Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS), Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8505, Japan
6 Materials Development, Inc., Arlington Heights, IL 60004, USA
7 Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL 60439, USA
Quantum Beam Sci. 2018, 2(1), 5; https://doi.org/10.3390/qubs2010005 - 26 Feb 2018
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The use of levitation (containerless) techniques can enable new scientific discoveries because deeply undercooled and metastable liquids can be achieved over a wide temperature range. This review article summarizes the state-of-art instrumentation for structure measurements at synchrotron radiation/neutron sources and for thermophysical property [...] Read more.
The use of levitation (containerless) techniques can enable new scientific discoveries because deeply undercooled and metastable liquids can be achieved over a wide temperature range. This review article summarizes the state-of-art instrumentation for structure measurements at synchrotron radiation/neutron sources and for thermophysical property measurements not only on the ground but also in microgravity utilizing the International Space Station (ISS). Furthermore, we introduce recent scientific topics on high-temperature oxide liquids and oxide glasses synthesized from levitated undercooled liquids by the use of quantum beam measurements analyzed using advanced computation. Full article
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