Laser-driven x-ray sources are an attractive option for propagation-based phase-contrast x-ray imaging due to their small x-ray source size, competitive x-ray flux and compact experimental set-up. Normally, laser driven x-ray sources must operate in a vacuum environment, however, a vacuum-free laser-driven x-ray source has been set-up and stabilized in the L2A2 laboratory at the University of Santiago de Compostela. In this talk I will discuss the set-up and operation of the laser x-ray source, as well as its imaging set-up and applications.

Speaker:
Andrew Coathup
Galician Institute for High Energy Physics, Santiago de Compostela (Spain)

The seminar (45 min) is open to students and will be held in English