Read Books Online and Download eBooks, EPub, PDF, Mobi, Kindle, Text Full Free.
Download Experimental Phase Retrieval Using Coherent X Ray Diffraction full books in PDF, epub, and Kindle. Read online Experimental Phase Retrieval Using Coherent X Ray Diffraction ebook anywhere anytime directly on your device. Fast Download speed and no annoying ads. We cannot guarantee that every ebooks is available!
Author : Adrian P. Mancuso
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (224 download)
Download or read book Experimental Phase Retrieval Using Coherent X-ray Diffraction written by Adrian P. Mancuso and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Anna-Lena Robisch
Publisher : Göttingen University Press
ISBN 13 : 3863952529
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (639 download)
Download or read book Phase retrieval for object and probe in the optical near-field written by Anna-Lena Robisch and published by Göttingen University Press. This book was released on 2016 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lensless, holographic X-ray microscopy is a non-invasive imaging technique that provides resolution on the nanometer scale. Therefore, a divergent, coherent and especially clean wave front impinging on the sample is needed. Yet, focusing X-rays by even the most advanced X-ray mirrors causes so called figure errors of high spatial frequency content. The results are strongly deteriorated intensity profiles that are often even more pronounced than the holographic image of the sample itself. A common strategy to compensate these figure errors is to divide the hologram by the pure intensity profile of the beam (the so called flat field). However, this division is only valid in the limiting case of an illumination focused down to a point source. In reality, as a consequence of a fi nite spot size, one has to accept a loss in resolution when performing the flat field correction. An approach different from the described straightforward procedure is necessary. Here, the simultaneous reconstruction of object and probe is proposed using holograms which were not flat field corrected before phase retrieval. To this end, a method has been developed that allows simultaneously reconstructing object and probe in amplitude and phase from holographic intensity recordings. The experimental way of proceeding was mainly inspired by well-established holographic full-field X-ray imaging techniques that require holograms defocused to different degrees. Consequently, the conclusion seems reasonable that diversity in the optical near-field arises mainly from variation of the propagation distance of light. This so called longitudinal diversity is used to properly phase the transmission function of the sample of interest. The algorithmic strategy of simultaneous phase retrieval for object and probe draws on far-field ptychography where lateral translations of the sample create diverse diffraction patterns. In view of the need for longitudinal diversity realized by shifts of the sample along the optical axis, ptychography has been generalized and adapted for the optical near-field. Hence, translations of the sample in all three dimensions of space need to be exploited to collect enough information about object and probe such that both can be reconstructed simultaneously in amplitude and phase. Concepts have been put into practice by simulations as well as by experiments with coherent visible light and hard X-rays from synchrotron sources. The presented approach offers the opportunity to perform high resolution imaging, to be extended to tomography and to be adapted to super-resolution experiments.
Download or read book Phase Retrieval by Coherent Modulation Imaging written by and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Phase retrieval is a long-standing problem in imaging when only the intensity of the wavefield can be recorded. Coherent diffraction imaging (CDI) is a lensless technique that uses iterative algorithms to recover amplitude and phase contrast images from diffraction intensity data. For general samples, phase retrieval from a single diffraction pattern has been an algorithmic and experimental challenge. Here we report a method of phase retrieval that uses a known modulation of the sample exit-wave. This coherent modulation imaging (CMI) method removes inherent ambiguities of CDI and uses a reliable, rapidly converging iterative algorithm involving three planes. It works for extended samples, does not require tight support for convergence, and relaxes dynamic range requirements on the detector. CMI provides a robust method for imaging in materials and biological science, while its single-shot capability will benefit the investigation of dynamical processes with pulsed sources, such as X-ray free electron laser.
Author : J. M. Kinney
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 6 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (316 download)
Download or read book Progress in Three-Dimensional Coherent X-Ray Diffraction Imaging written by J. M. Kinney and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 6 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Fourier inversion of phased coherent diffraction patterns offers images without the resolution and depth-of-focus limitations of lens-based tomographic systems. We report on our recent experimental images inverted using recent developments in phase retrieval algorithms, and summarize efforts that led to these accomplishments. These include ab-initio reconstruction of a two-dimensional test pattern, infinite depth of focus image of a thick object, and its high-resolution ({approx}10 nm resolution) three-dimensional image. Developments on the structural imaging of low density aerogel samples are discussed.
Author : Carolin Homann
Publisher : Göttingen University Press
ISBN 13 : 3863952103
Total Pages : 126 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (639 download)
Download or read book Phase retrieval problems in x-ray physics written by Carolin Homann and published by Göttingen University Press. This book was released on 2015 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In phase retrieval problems that occur in imaging by coherent x-ray diffraction, one tries to reconstruct information about a sample of interest from possibly noisy intensity measurements of the wave fi eld traversing the sample. The mathematical formulation of these problems bases on some assumptions. Usually one of them is that the x-ray wave fi eld is generated by a point source. In order to address this very idealized assumption, it is common to perform a data preprocessing step, the so-called empty beam correction. Within this work, we study the validity of this approach by presenting a quantitative error estimate. Moreover, in order to solve these phase retrieval problems, we want to incorporate a priori knowledge about the structure of the noise and the solution into the reconstruction process. For this reason, the application of a problem adapted iteratively regularized Newton-type method becomes particularly attractive. This method includes the solution of a convex minimization problem in each iteration step. We present a method for solving general optimization problems of this form. Our method is a generalization of a commonly used algorithm which makes it efficiently applicable to a wide class of problems. We also proof convergence results and show the performance of our method by numerical examples.
Author : Masayoshi Nakasako
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 443156618X
Total Pages : 243 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (315 download)
Download or read book X-Ray Diffraction Imaging of Biological Cells written by Masayoshi Nakasako and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-03-29 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, the author describes the development of the experimental diffraction setup and structural analysis of non-crystalline particles from material science and biology. Recent advances in X-ray free electron laser (XFEL)-coherent X-ray diffraction imaging (CXDI) experiments allow for the structural analysis of non-crystalline particles to a resolution of 7 nm, and to a resolution of 20 nm for biological materials. Now XFEL-CXDI marks the dawn of a new era in structural analys of non-crystalline particles with dimensions larger than 100 nm, which was quite impossible in the 20th century. To conduct CXDI experiments in both synchrotron and XFEL facilities, the author has developed apparatuses, named KOTOBUKI-1 and TAKASAGO-6 for cryogenic diffraction experiments on frozen-hydrated non-crystalline particles at around 66 K. At the synchrotron facility, cryogenic diffraction experiments dramatically reduce radiation damage of specimen particles and allow tomography CXDI experiments. In addition, in XFEL experiments, non-crystalline particles scattered on thin support membranes and flash-cooled can be used to efficiently increase the rate of XFEL pulses. The rate, which depends on the number density of scattered particles and the size of X-ray beams, is currently 20-90%, probably the world record in XFEL-CXDI experiments. The experiment setups and results are introduced in this book. The author has also developed software suitable for efficiently processing of diffraction patterns and retrieving electron density maps of specimen particles based on the diffraction theory used in CXDI.
Author : Oliver H. Seeck
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 9814303607
Total Pages : 438 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (143 download)
Download or read book X-Ray Diffraction written by Oliver H. Seeck and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2015-02-10 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: High-resolution x-ray diffraction and scattering is a key tool for structure analysis not only in bulk materials but also at surfaces and buried interfaces from the sub-nanometer range to micrometers. This book offers an overview of diffraction and scattering methods currently available at modern synchrotron sources and illustrates bulk and interface investigations of solid and liquid matter with up-to-date research examples. It presents important characteristics of the sources, experimental set-up, and new detector developments. The book also considers future exploitation of x-ray free electron lasers for diffraction applications.
Author : Tim Salditt
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030344134
Total Pages : 634 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (33 download)
Download or read book Nanoscale Photonic Imaging written by Tim Salditt and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-06-09 with total page 634 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This open access book, edited and authored by a team of world-leading researchers, provides a broad overview of advanced photonic methods for nanoscale visualization, as well as describing a range of fascinating in-depth studies. Introductory chapters cover the most relevant physics and basic methods that young researchers need to master in order to work effectively in the field of nanoscale photonic imaging, from physical first principles, to instrumentation, to mathematical foundations of imaging and data analysis. Subsequent chapters demonstrate how these cutting edge methods are applied to a variety of systems, including complex fluids and biomolecular systems, for visualizing their structure and dynamics, in space and on timescales extending over many orders of magnitude down to the femtosecond range. Progress in nanoscale photonic imaging in Göttingen has been the sum total of more than a decade of work by a wide range of scientists and mathematicians across disciplines, working together in a vibrant collaboration of a kind rarely matched. This volume presents the highlights of their research achievements and serves as a record of the unique and remarkable constellation of contributors, as well as looking ahead at the future prospects in this field. It will serve not only as a useful reference for experienced researchers but also as a valuable point of entry for newcomers.
Download or read book Direct Single-shot Phase Retrieval from the Diffraction Pattern of Separated Objects written by and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The non-crystallographic phase problem arises in numerous scientific and technological fields. An important application is coherent diffractive imaging. Recent advances in X-ray free-electron lasers allow capturing of the diffraction pattern from a single nanoparticle before it disintegrates, in so-called 'diffraction before destruction' experiments. Presently, the phase is reconstructed by iterative algorithms, imposing a non-convex computational challenge, or by Fourier holography, requiring a well-characterized reference field. Here we present a convex scheme for single-shot phase retrieval for two (or more) sufficiently separated objects, demonstrated in two dimensions. In our approach, the objects serve as unknown references to one another, reducing the phase problem to a solvable set of linear equations. We establish our method numerically and experimentally in the optical domain and demonstrate a proof-of-principle single-shot coherent diffractive imaging using X-ray free-electron lasers pulses. Lastly, our scheme alleviates several limitations of current methods, offering a new pathway towards direct reconstruction of complex objects.
Author : Manuel Guizar-Sicairos
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 564 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (77 download)
Download or read book Methods for Coherent Lensless Imaging and X-ray Wavefront Measurement written by Manuel Guizar-Sicairos and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 564 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Advancement and research on phase retrieval techniques are in large part motivated by their application in high resolution lensless laser imaging and x- ray diffractive imaging. In the former a high resolution image can be obtained from measuring the intensity pattern of the propagated field without the use of any imaging optics, thus providing an imaging system that does not increase its thickness along the optical axis as the aperture diameter is increased. For x- ray coherent diffractive imaging, on the other hand, high-resolution conventional imaging is difficult to achieve at these wavelengths because of the difficulty of manufacturing and aligning x-ray focusing elements with sufficient numerical aperture and precision. Thus, in order to achieve resolutions on the order of a nanometer, a coherent x-ray beam is used to illuminate the object of interest and the object is reconstructed from a measurement of its far-field diffraction intensity without any imaging optics. Thus the advancement and application of lensless imaging techniques has become an increasingly important topic of research. X-ray diffractive imaging is set apart from other high-resolution imaging techniques (e.g. scanning electron or atomic force microscopy) for its high penetration depth, which enables tomographic 3D imaging of thick samples and buried structures. Furthermore, using short x-ray pulses, it enables the capability to take ultrafast snapshots, giving a unique opportunity to probe nanoscale dynamics at femtosecond time scales. In this thesis we present improvements to phase retrieval algorithms, assess their performance through numerical simulations, and develop new methods for both imaging and wavefront measurement. Using numerical simulations we identified and explained the origin of the twin-image problem in iterative transform phase retrieval with a centrosymmetric support constraint. We proposed and numerically demonstrated the effectiveness of a modified phase retrieval algorithm that uses Fourier weighted projections to increase the quality and resolution of the reconstructions by mitigating a problem arising from the finite measurement window and finite support constraint. Such an approach is particularly useful when the object presents large phase variations on a length- scale significantly smaller than the resolution, i.e. reconstruction of fully developed speckled images. In order to accurately and efficiently assess phase retrieval algorithm performance, we have developed algorithms for subpixel image registration. Despite being particularly well suited for comparing images from data collected in the Fourier domain (e.g., phase retrieval and holography), these algorithms have al- ready shown a substantial success in other applications as well. Building on the original work by Faulkner and Rodenburg, we developed an improved reconstruction algorithm for phase retrieval with transverse translations of the object relative to the illumination beam. Based on gradient-based non- linear optimization, this algorithm is capable of estimating the object, and at the same time refining the initial knowledge of the incident illumination and the object translations. The advantages of this algorithm over the original iterative transform approach are shown through numerical simulations. Phase retrieval has already shown substantial success in wavefront sensing at optical wavelengths. Although in principle the algorithms can be used at any wavelength, in practice the focus-diversity mechanism that makes optical phase retrieval robust is not practical to implement for x-rays. In this thesis we also describe the novel application of phase retrieval with transverse translations to the problem of x-ray wavefront sensing. This approach allows the characterization of the complex-valued x-ray field in-situ and at-wavelength and has several practical and algorithmic advantages over conventional focused beam measurement techniques. A few of these advantages include improved robustness through diverse measurements, reconstruction from far-field intensity measurements only, and significant relaxation of experimental requirements over other beam characterization approaches. Furthermore, we show that a one-dimensional version of this technique can be used to characterize an x-ray line focus produced by a cylindrical focusing element. We provide experimental demonstrations of the latter at hard x-ray wavelengths, where we have characterized the beams focused by a kinoform lens and an elliptical mirror. In both experiments the reconstructions exhibited good agreement with independent measurements, and in the latter a small mirror misalignment was inferred from the phase retrieval reconstruction. These experiments pave the way for the application of robust phase retrieval algorithms for in-situ alignment and performance characterization of x-ray optics for nanofocusing. We also present a study on how transverse translations help with the well-known uniqueness problem of one-dimensional phase retrieval. We also present a novel method for x-ray holography that is capable of reconstructing an image using an off-axis extended reference in a non-iterative computation, greatly generalizing an earlier approach by Podorov et.al. The approach, based on the numerical application of derivatives on the field autocorrelation, was developed from first mathematical principles. We conducted a thorough theoret- ical study to develop technical and intuitive understanding of this technique and derived sufficient separation conditions required for an artifact-free reconstruction. We studied the effects of missing information in the Fourier domain, and of an im- perfect reference, and we provide a signal-to-noise ratio comparison with the more traditional approach of Fourier transform holography. We demonstrated this new holographic approach through proof-of-principle optical experiments and later ex- perimentally at soft x-ray wavelengths, where we compared its performance to Fourier transform holography, iterative phase retrieval and state-of-the-art zone-plate x-ray imaging techniques (scanning and full-field). Finally, we present a demonstration of the technique using a single 20 fs pulse from a high-harmonic table-top source. Holography with an extended reference is shown to provide fast, good quality images that are robust to noise and artifacts that arise from missing information due to a beam stop."--Leaves viii-xi.
Author : Jakob Soltau
Publisher : Universitätsverlag Göttingen
ISBN 13 : 3863955536
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (639 download)
Download or read book Hard X-ray Microscopy Enhanced by Coherent Image Reconstruction written by Jakob Soltau and published by Universitätsverlag Göttingen. This book was released on 2022 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: X-ray microscopy is used to study the structure, dynamics and bulk properties of matter with high spatial resolutions. It is widely applied, from physics and chemistry to material and life sciences. In the past two decades, progress in X-ray microscopy was driven either by improvements in X-ray optics or by improvements in the image reconstruction by using algorithms as computational lenses. In this work both approaches are combined to exploit the advantages of X-ray imaging with a large numerical aperture and the advantages of coherent image reconstruction. It is shown that a combined X-ray microscope using both, advanced optics and algorithms, is neither limited by flawed optics nor by constraints imposed by reconstruction algorithms, which enables to go beyond current limits in resolution and applications. The thesis is structured in four parts. In the first part hard X-ray lenses, so called multilayer zone plates, are simulated to investigate volume diffraction effects within the multilayer structure, and to study the potential for smaller focus sizes and higher efficiencies. In the second part, the multilayer zone plates are characterized and implemented in an X-ray microscope. In the third part, a new imaging scheme is presented, which combines in-line holography and coherent diffractive imaging. This method overcomes the current resolution limit of in-line holography and can achieve super-resolution with respect to the numerical aperture of the illuminating beam. Finally, in the fourth part a multilayer zone plate is used as an objective lens with a known transfer function in a novel coherent full-field imaging experiment based on iterative phase retrieval, for high resolution and quantitative contrast.
Author : Diling Zhu
Publisher : Stanford University
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 124 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Lensless Holography Methods for Soft X-ray Resonant Coherent Imaging written by Diling Zhu and published by Stanford University. This book was released on 2010 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ability to interpret and inverse x-ray diffraction patterns from crystals has largely shaped our understanding of the structure of matter. However, structure determination of noncrystalline objects from their diffraction patterns is a much more difficult task. The dramatic increase in available coherent x-ray photon flux over the past decade has made possible a technique known as lensless coherent diffractive imaging (CDI), that addresses exactly this problem. The central question around CDI is the so-called phase problem: upon detection of the diffraction intensity, the phase information of the diffracted wave is inevitably lost. Generally, the phase problem is approached using iterative phase retrieval algorithms. Holographic methods, through interference with reference diffractions, encode the phase information directly inside the measured x-ray holograms, and are therefore able to avoid the stagnation and uniqueness problems commonly encountered by the iterative algorithms. This dissertation discusses two novel holographic methods for coherent lensless imaging using resonant soft x-rays. The first part focuses on generalizing the multiple-wavelength anomalous diffraction technique, a highly successful method for solving the crystal structures of biomacromolecules, into a multiple-wavelength holography technique for nanoscale resonant x-ray imaging. Using this method I show element specific reconstructions of nanoparticles and magnetization distribution in magnetic thin films with sub 50 nm resolution. The second part discusses progress in X-ray Fourier holography, an ultrafast lensless imaging platform that can be used with the upcoming x-ray free electron lasers. In particular, I will present experiments using two novel types of extended reference structures that bring the resolution beyond the precision of reference fabrication, previously regarded as the resolution limit for x-ray Fourier transform holography. Finally, future applications of holographic methods, especially experimental considerations for time-resolved studies of nanostructures using X-FELs, will be discussed.
Author : Julian Stangl
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 3527655085
Total Pages : 361 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (276 download)
Download or read book Nanobeam X-Ray Scattering written by Julian Stangl and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2013-09-10 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive overview of the possibilities and potential of X-ray scattering using nanofocused beams for probing matter at the nanoscale, including guidance on the design of nanobeam experiments. The monograph discusses various sources, including free electron lasers, synchrotron radiation and other portable and non-portable X-ray sources. For scientists using synchrotron radiation or students and scientists with a background in X-ray scattering methods in general.
Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (92 download)
Download or read book New Quantitative Methods in Analyser-based Phase Contrast X-ray Imaging written by and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New quantitative methods are developed for analyser-based phase contrast imaging (ABI) with hard X-rays. In the first instance we show that quantitative ABI may be implemented using an extended incoherent source. Next, we outline how complex Green's functions may be reconstructed from phase contrast images and we apply this method to reconstruct the thick perfect crystal Green's function associated with an ABI imaging system. The use of quantitative ABI with incoherent X-ray sources is not widespread and the first set of results pertains to the feasibility of quantitative ABI imaging and phase retrieval using a rotating anode X-ray source. The necessary conditions for observation of ABI phase contrast are deduced from elementary coherence considerations and numerical simulations. We then focus on the problem of extracting quantitative information from ABI images recorded using an extended incoherent X-ray source. The results of an experiment performed at Friedrich-Schiller University, Germany using a rotating anode X-ray source demonstrate the validity of our approach. It is shown that quantitative information may be extracted from such images under quite general and practicable conditions. We then develop a new use for phase contrast imaging systems that allows the Green's function associated with a linear shift-invariant imaging system to be deduced from two phase contrast images of a known weak object. This new approach is applied to X-ray crystallography where the development of efficient methods of inferring the phase of rocking curves is an important open problem. We show how the complex Green's function describing Bragg reflection of a coherent scalar X-ray wavefield from a crystal may be recovered from a single image over a wide range of reciprocal space simultaneously. The solution we derive is fast, non-iterative and deterministic. When applied to crystalline structures for which the kinematic scattering approximation is valid, such as thin crystalline films, our technique is shown to solve the famous one-dimensional phase retrieval problem which allows us to directly invert the Green's function to retrieve the depth-dependent interplanar spacing. Finally we implement our Green's function retrieval method on experimental data collected at the SPring-8 synchrotron in Hyogo, Japan. In the experiment we recorded analyser-based phase contrast images of a known weak object using a thick perfect silicon analyser crystal. It is then demonstrated that these measurements can be inverted to recover the complex Green's function associated with the analyser crystal Bragg peak. The reconstructed Green's function is found to be in good agreement with the prediction of dynamical diffraction theory.
Author : H. N. Chapman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 5 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (316 download)
Download or read book Phase Aberrations in Diffraction Microscopy written by H. N. Chapman and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 5 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In coherent X-ray diffraction microscopy the diffraction pattern generated by a sample illuminated with coherent x-rays is recorded, and a computer algorithm recovers the unmeasured phases to synthesize an image. By avoiding the use of a lens the resolution is limited, in principle, only by the largest scattering angles recorded. However, the imaging task is shifted from the experiment to the computer, and the algorithm's ability to recover meaningful images in the presence of noise and limited prior knowledge may produce aberrations in the reconstructed image. We analyze the low order aberrations produced by our phase retrieval algorithms. We present two methods to improve the accuracy and stability of reconstructions.
Author : David Paganin
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
ISBN 13 : 0198567286
Total Pages : 424 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (985 download)
Download or read book Coherent X-Ray Optics written by David Paganin and published by Oxford University Press on Demand. This book was released on 2006-01-12 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: X-ray optics is undergoing a renaissance, which may be paralleled to that experienced by visible-light optics following the invention of the laser. The associated surge of activity in "coherent" x-ray optics has been documented in this monograph, the first of its type in the field.
Author : Eberhard J. Jaeschke
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 9783319143934
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (439 download)
Download or read book Synchrotron Light Sources and Free-Electron Lasers written by Eberhard J. Jaeschke and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-05-27 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hardly any other discovery of the nineteenth century did have such an impact on science and technology as Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen’s seminal find of the X-rays. X-ray tubes soon made their way as excellent instruments for numerous applications in medicine, biology, materials science and testing, chemistry and public security. Developing new radiation sources with higher brilliance and much extended spectral range resulted in stunning developments like the electron synchrotron and electron storage ring and the freeelectron laser. This handbook highlights these developments in fifty chapters. The reader is given not only an inside view of exciting science areas but also of design concepts for the most advanced light sources. The theory of synchrotron radiation and of the freeelectron laser, design examples and the technology basis are presented. The handbook presents advanced concepts like seeding and harmonic generation, the booming field of Terahertz radiation sources and upcoming brilliant light sources driven by laser-plasma accelerators. The applications of the most advanced light sources and the advent of nanobeams and fully coherent x-rays allow experiments from which scientists in the past could not even dream. Examples are the diffraction with nanometer resolution, imaging with a full 3D reconstruction of the object from a diffraction pattern, measuring the disorder in liquids with high spatial and temporal resolution. The 20th century was dedicated to the development and improvement of synchrotron light sources with an ever ongoing increase of brilliance. With ultrahigh brilliance sources, the 21st century will be the century of x-ray lasers and their applications. Thus, we are already close to the dream of condensed matter and biophysics: imaging single (macro)molecules and measuring their dynamics on the femtosecond timescale to produce movies with atomic resolution.
