Abstract
The SAGA Light Source provides X-ray imaging resources based on high-intensity synchrotron radiation (SR) emitted from the superconducting wiggler at beamline 07 (BL07). By combining quasi-monochromatic SR obtained by the newly installed water-cooled metal filter and monochromatic SR selected by a Ge double-crystal monochromator (DCM) with high-resolution lens-coupled X-ray imagers, fast and low-dose micro-computed tomography (CT), fast phase-contrast CT using grating-based X-ray interferometry, and 2D micro-X-ray absorption fine structure analysis can be performed. In addition, by combining monochromatic SR obtained by a Si DCM with large-area fiber-coupled X-ray imagers, high-sensitivity phase-contrast CT using crystal-based X-ray interferometry can be performed. Low-temperature CT can be performed using the newly installed cryogenic system, and time-resolved analysis of the crystallinity of semiconductor devices in operation can be performed using a time-resolved topography system. The details of each instrument and imaging method, together with exemplary measurements, are presented.
Highlights
Synchrotron radiation (SR) is several orders of magnitude brighter than X-rays from conventional X-ray tubes, and its high brilliance has been used for X-ray imaging in various fields such as biomedicine, materials science, archeology and geochemistry
White SR emitted from the wiggler and shaped by a slit consisting of water-cooled Ta blades can be used directly in the optical hutch
Fast micro-computed tomography (CT) using a combination of Kenvy 1 and quasimonochromatic SR obtained by the metal filter and low-dose micro-CT using a combination of Kenvy 2 and monochromatic SR selected by the Ge double-crystal monochromator (DCM) can be performed in the optical hutch
Summary
Synchrotron radiation (SR) is several orders of magnitude brighter than X-rays from conventional X-ray tubes, and its high brilliance has been used for X-ray imaging in various fields such as biomedicine, materials science, archeology and geochemistry. X-ray fluorescence microscopy using an X-ray beam focused by a Fresnel zone plate (FZP) has been conducted as well (Sumitani et al, 2011) Imaging methods such as the sub-pixel-shift method that uses photon-counting detectors to improve the spatial resolution (Yoneyama, Baba, Sumitani et al, 2015) and dual-energy CT to calculate the effective atomic number have been developed for use at the site. Experimental hutch 2 has a six-axis diffractometer and an This system has been used to map the distributions of XAFS measurement system which are installed in a tandem elements such as S, Cl, K and Ca in plant seeds
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