The Phase-Contrast Imaging Instrument at the Matter in Extreme Conditions Endstation at LCLS

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/ Authors

Bob Nagler, Andreas Schropp, Eric C. Galtier, Brice Arnold, Shaughnessy B. Brown, Alan Fry, Arianna Gleason, Eduardo Granados, Akel Hashim, Jerome B. Hastings

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Dirk Samberg, Frank Seiboth, Franz Tavella, Zhou Xing, Hae Ja Lee, Christian G. Schroer

/ Abstract

We describe the Phase-Contrast Imaging instrument at the Matter in Extreme Conditions (MEC) endstation of the Linac Coherent Light Source. The instrument can image phenomena with a spatial resolution of a few hundreds of nanometers and at the same time reveal the atomic structure through X-ray diffraction, with a temporal resolution better than 100 femtosecond. It was specifically designed for studies relevant to High-Energy-Density Science and can monitor, e.g., shock fronts, phase transitions, or void collapses. This versatile instrument was commissioned last year and is now available to the MEC user community.