Experimental Demonstration of a Tunable Energy-Selective Gamma-Ray Imaging System Based on Recoil Electrons.

The domain of gamma-ray imaging necessitates technological advancements to surmount the challenge of energy-selective imaging. Conventional systems are constrained in their dynamic focus on specific energy ranges, a capability imperative for differentiating gamma-ray emissions from diverse sources. This investigation introduces an innovative imaging system predicated on the detection of recoil electrons, addressing the demand for adjustable energy selectivity.

Unsupervised reconstruction with a registered time-unsheared image constraint for compressed ultrafast photography.

Compressed ultrafast photography (CUP) is a computational imaging technology capable of capturing transient scenes in picosecond scale with a sequence depth of hundreds of frames. Since the inverse problem of CUP is an ill-posed problem, it is challenging to further improve the reconstruction quality under the condition of high noise level and compression ratio. In addition, there are many articles adding an external charge-coupled device (CCD) camera to the CUP system to form the time-unsheared view because the added constraint can improve the reconstruction quality of images.

Snapshot compressive imaging at 855 million frames per second for aluminium planar wire array Z-pinch.

This paper present a novel, integrated compressed ultrafast photography system for comprehensive measurement of the aluminium planar wire array Z-Pinch evolution process. The system incorporates a large array streak camera and embedded encoding to improve the signal-to-noise ratio. Based on the "QiangGuang-I" pulsed power facility, we recorded the complete continuous 2D implosion process of planar wire array Z-Pinch for the first time.

Three-dimensional iterative reconstruction of pulsed radiation sources using spherical harmonic decomposition.

Neutron and x-ray imaging are essential ways to diagnose a pulsed radiation source. The three-dimensional (3D) intensity distribution reconstructed from two-dimensional (2D) radiation images can significantly promote research regarding the generation and variation mechanisms of pulsed radiation sources. Only a few (≤5) projected images at one moment are available due to the difficulty in building imaging systems for high-radiation-intensity and short-pulsed sources.

Photoluminescence nonlinearity and picosecond transient absorption in an LYSO:Ce scintillator excited by a 266 nm ultraviolet laser.

Lutetium-yttrium oxyorthosilicate doped with cerium (LYSO:Ce) is a widely used scintillator, and the study of its nonlinear behavior under high excitation density is very significant owing to its direct influence on radiation measurements. Using a 266 nm ultraviolet laser to excite an LYSO:Ce crystal, the relationship between the photoluminescence (PL) light yield and excitation density was studied by scan experiments. The excitation threshold of the LYSO:Ce was obtained, which is about 2.

Low temperature scintillation performance of a Br-doped CHNHPbCl single-crystalline perovskite.

Time response and light yield are two of the most important features of a scintillation detector, and are mostly determined by the luminescence properties of the scintillator. Here we have investigated the radioluminescence (RL) characteristics of a single-crystalline hybrid lead halide perovskite at both room temperature and low temperature. A dual-channel single photon correlation (DCSPC) system with a vacuum chamber is employed for the measurement.

Nonlinear characteristics of several scintillators studied by 70 MeV electron pulse excitation.

Scintillators form the chief device for radiation detection, and the study of their characteristics and their related theories is very significant. Specifically, the nonlinear behavior of scintillators under high excitation density has been closely studied owing to its direct influence on the measurements of radiation. We propose a new method to calibrate the nonlinearity of scintillators based on the electron pulse generated by a linear electron accelerator.

One-shot recording of the instantaneous change in the refractive index of bulk semiconductors exposed to pulsed radiation by a Fabry-Perot-like interferometer.

An interferometer, directly coupling a single-mode fiber with a bulk semiconductor, was used to one-shot record the instantaneous change in the refractive index of bulk semiconductors. A practical contrast level can be achieved in the interferometer with different types of polished bulk materials several hundred micrometers in thickness. The temporal resolution was approximately 50 ps and can be improved by using thinner materials or higher bandwidth detection.

High resolution, high efficiency liquid scintillator capillary array for gamma imaging.

We fabricated a liquid scintillator capillary array (LSCA) for gamma imaging with the aim of developing a one-dimensional detector system utilizing a streak camera for high temporal and spatial resolution pulsed gamma radiation detection. The detector's performance was studied in a simulation and via an experiment. The maximum efficiency of the LSCA's emission was at a wavelength of 420 nm.

Interferometric method for quantitatively testing the RadOptic effect in bulk semiconductors.

For the quantitative investigation of MeV-photon-induced changes in the refractive indices of bulk semiconductors, a model was established to describe the evolution of the excess carrier density, including the generation and recombination processes. The two key parameters of the evolution model, namely, the summed injection intensity and the gamma intensity curve, were obtained via dose measurements and gamma pulse monitoring, respectively. An interferometric method of measuring instantaneous changes in the refractive index and obtaining real-time measurements of the excess carrier density in bulk materials was successfully implemented.

High-brightness X-ray free-electron laser with an optical undulator by pulse shaping.

A normal-incident flattop laser with a tapered end is proposed as an optical undulator to achieve a high-gain and high-brightness X-ray free electron laser (FEL). The synchronic interaction of an electron bunch with the normal incident laser is realized by tilting the laser pulse front. The intensity of the flattop laser is kept constant during the interaction time of the electron bunch and the laser along the focal plane of a cylindrical lens.