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Gonzalez-Ballestero C, Aspelmeyer M, Novotny L, Quidant R, Romero-Isart O. Levitodynamics: Levitation and control of microscopic objects in vacuum. Science 2021; 374:eabg3027. [PMID: 34618558 DOI: 10.1126/science.abg3027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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- C Gonzalez-Ballestero
- Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Innsbruck, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria.,Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information, Austrian Academy of Sciences A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Vienna Center for Quantum Science and Technology, Faculty of Physics, University of Vienna, A-1090 Vienna, Austria.,Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information, Austrian Academy of Sciences, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Photonics Laboratory, ETH Zürich, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland.,Quantum Center, ETH Zürich, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Quantum Center, ETH Zürich, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland.,Nanophotonic Systems Laboratory, Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, ETH Zürich, 8092 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Innsbruck, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria.,Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information, Austrian Academy of Sciences A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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Ostermayr TM, Kreuzer C, Englbrecht FS, Gebhard J, Hartmann J, Huebl A, Haffa D, Hilz P, Parodi K, Wenz J, Donovan ME, Dyer G, Gaul E, Gordon J, Martinez M, Mccary E, Spinks M, Tiwari G, Hegelich BM, Schreiber J. Laser-driven x-ray and proton micro-source and application to simultaneous single-shot bi-modal radiographic imaging. Nat Commun 2020; 11:6174. [PMID: 33268784 PMCID: PMC7710721 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-19838-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2019] [Accepted: 10/29/2020] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Radiographic imaging with x-rays and protons is an omnipresent tool in basic research and applications in industry, material science and medical diagnostics. The information contained in both modalities can often be valuable in principle, but difficult to access simultaneously. Laser-driven solid-density plasma-sources deliver both kinds of radiation, but mostly single modalities have been explored for applications. Their potential for bi-modal radiographic imaging has never been fully realized, due to problems in generating appropriate sources and separating image modalities. Here, we report on the generation of proton and x-ray micro-sources in laser-plasma interactions of the focused Texas Petawatt laser with solid-density, micrometer-sized tungsten needles. We apply them for bi-modal radiographic imaging of biological and technological objects in a single laser shot. Thereby, advantages of laser-driven sources could be enriched beyond their small footprint by embracing their additional unique properties, including the spectral bandwidth, small source size and multi-mode emission. Here the authors show a synchronized single-shot bi-modal x-ray and proton source based on laser-generated plasma. This source can be useful for radiographic and tomographic imaging.
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- T M Ostermayr
- Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Fakultät für Physik, 85748, Garching, Germany. .,Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik, 85748, Garching, Germany. .,Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA.
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- Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Fakultät für Physik, 85748, Garching, Germany
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- Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Fakultät für Physik, 85748, Garching, Germany
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- Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Fakultät für Physik, 85748, Garching, Germany
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- Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Fakultät für Physik, 85748, Garching, Germany
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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- Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Fakultät für Physik, 85748, Garching, Germany
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- Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Fakultät für Physik, 85748, Garching, Germany.,Helmholtz Institute Jena, 07743, Jena, Germany
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- Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Fakultät für Physik, 85748, Garching, Germany
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- Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Fakultät für Physik, 85748, Garching, Germany
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- Center for High Energy Density Science, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, 78712, USA
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- Center for High Energy Density Science, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, 78712, USA
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- Center for High Energy Density Science, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, 78712, USA
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- Center for High Energy Density Science, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, 78712, USA
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- Center for High Energy Density Science, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, 78712, USA
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- Center for High Energy Density Science, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, 78712, USA
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- Center for High Energy Density Science, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, 78712, USA
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- Center for High Energy Density Science, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, 78712, USA
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- Center for High Energy Density Science, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, 78712, USA
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- Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Fakultät für Physik, 85748, Garching, Germany. .,Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik, 85748, Garching, Germany.
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