Visualizing aerosol-particle injection for diffractive-imaging experiments

Salah Awe; Richard A. Kirian; Niko Eckerskorn; Max Wiedorn; Daniel A. Horke; Andrei V. Rode; Jochen Küpper; Henry N. Chapman

doi:10.1364/OE.24.006507

Visualizing aerosol-particle injection for diffractive-imaging experiments

Salah Awe, Richard A. Kirian, Niko Eckerskorn, Max Wiedorn, Daniel A. Horke, Andrei V. Rode, Jochen Küpper^*, Henry N. Chapman

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Delivering sub-micrometer particles to an intense x-ray focus is a crucial aspect of single-particle diffractive-imaging experiments at x-ray free-electron lasers. Enabling direct visualization of sub-micrometer aerosol particle streams without interfering with the operation of the particle injector can greatly improve the overall efficiency of single-particle imaging experiments by reducing the amount of time and sample consumed during measurements. We have developed in-situ non-destructive imaging diagnostics to aid real-time particle injector optimization and x-ray/particle-beam alignment, based on laser illumination schemes and fast imaging detectors. Our diagnostics are constructed to provide a non-invasive rapid feedback on injector performance during measurements, and have been demonstrated during diffraction measurements at the FLASH free-electron laser.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	6507-6521
Number of pages	15
Journal	Optics Express
Volume	24
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.24.006507
Publication status	Published - 21 Mar 2016

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