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X-ray free-electron laser (XFEL), as a novel advanced X-ray light source, has excellent properties such as ultra-high brightness, ultra-shot pulse duration, and full coherence. The coherent X-ray diffraction imaging (CDI) has a lot of advantages at high resolution and quantitative imaging compared with the traditional lens based X-ray imaging methods. By combining the excellent properties of XFEL and advantages of CDI, the single-shot imaging has been realized, based on the concept of “diffraction before destruction”. Shanghai soft X-ray free-electron laser facility (SXFEL) is the first XFEL facility operated at the X-ray wavelength in China. The coherent scattering and imaging (CSI) endstation is the first commissioned endstation at SXFEL, focusing on the high spatiotemporal imaging for nano materials and micro materials by using a single-shot imaging method. To realize the single-shot experiment at XFEL, especially for single-shot imaging, the timing system plays a crucial role in ensuring the operation of the equipment in sequence. This paper introduces the design and implementation process of SXFEL single-shot imaging timing. The timing system is implemented with White Rabbit (WR) and digital delay and pulse generator (BNC505). Single-shot imaging is realized by synchronously moving the sample scanning stages and X-ray shutter to select a single pulse to illuminate the sample. At the same time, the X-ray detector is triggered with the timing system to record the single-shot diffraction pattern. During debugging, a gold nanodisks each with a side length of approximately 300 nm and a thickness of about 30 nm, as test samples, are imaged at the CSI endstation. The nanodisks are uniformly dispersed on Si3N4 membranes for single-shot imaging. Because of the ultra-high peak intensity at the focus spot, the samples and membrane are ionized for each XFEL pulse shot. A raster scan is performed on the membranes at intervals of 50 μm to update the sample. With the timing system and X-ray shutter, single-shot diffraction patterns can be recorded by using an X-ray detector. From the image of the Si3N4 membrane after raster scanning, the ionized holes with an interval of 50 μm can be recognized. Finally, phase retrieval is applied to the single-shot diffraction pattern to obtain a real-space image of the sample. The resolution of the reconstructed image is estimated by calculating the phase-retrieval transfer function (PRTF). With a citation of the PRTF curve dropping below
$ 1/{\mathrm{e}} $ , the spatial frequency cutoff is determined to be 22.6 μm–1, corresponding to a half period resolution of 22.1 nm. The results show that the designed timing system can accurately control the time sequence of the imaging process, meeting the requirement for single-shot imaging within 50 Hz at SXFEL.-
Keywords:
- coherent X-ray diffraction imaging /
- X-ray free electron laser /
- single shot imaging /
- timing system
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图 1 定时系统硬件结构图: 该定时系统包括两部分——WR定时系统和数字脉冲延时发生器, DDG接收WR定时信号, 经DDG后将特定时序关系的触发信号分发给需要定时的设备(GPS, 全球定位系统; PPS, 秒脉冲)
Figure 1. Hardware structure diagram of timing system: This timing system consists of two parts, namely WR timing system and digital delay pulse generator. The DDG receives signals from the WR timing system, and then distributes trigger signals with specific timing relationships to the devices that require timing. GPS, global positioning system; PPS, pulse per second.
图 2 XFEL单脉冲成像设备连接示意图: 特定时序关系的触发信号经BNC505分发给X射线探测器和电机控制器, 用于同步XFEL脉冲. X射线探测器的触发输出信号用于控制X射线快门的开关时间
Figure 2. XFEL single-shot imaging devices connection schematic: The trigger signal with specific timing relationships is distributed to the X-ray detector and the motor controller via the BNC505, used to synchronize the XFEL pulses. The trigger output signal from the X-ray detector is used to control the switching time of the X-ray shutter.
图 3 XFEL单脉冲成像工作时序图: 外部触发输入和BNC505触发输出的时间延迟由快门的固有开关时间决定. 对X射线快门的操作, 保证只有一个XFEL脉冲与样品的交互发生在探测器曝光时间内, 避免多余脉冲损害样品和探测器
Figure 3. XFEL single-shot imaging working sequence diagram: The time delay between the external trigger input and the BNC505 trigger output is determined by the inherent switching time of the shutter. The operation of the X-ray shutter ensures that only one XFEL pulse interacts with the sample during the detector’s exposure time, preventing additional pulses from damaging the sample and the detector.
图 4 单脉冲相干衍射成像结果与分析 (a) XFEL脉冲逐点扫描沉积有六边金纳米盘样品的Si3N4窗口, 其中孔洞是XFEL的高亮度、飞秒脉冲将Si3N4窗口与样品一同离子化的结果; (b) 六边金纳米盘的单脉冲衍射图样; (c) 1000次独立重构, 选取误差最小的100组重构的平均结果; (d) 重构图像的PRTF, 以灰色虚线所示的1/e为标准, 样品成像的半周期分辨率为22.1 nm
Figure 4. Results and analysis of single-shot coherent diffraction imaging. (a) A membrane with holes after the single-shot experiment. The hole is caused by ionization of gold nanoparticles Si3N4 window deposited by a single XFEL pulse hit. Scanning interval of 50 μm is used. (b) Single-shot diffraction pattern of a hexagonal gold nanodisks. (c) Reconstructed image from (b), from 1000 independent reconstructions, the 100 groups with the smallest error were chosen to calculate the average value. (d) The PRTF curve dropping below 1/e as the grey dashed line shows, the half-period resolution is 22.1 nm.
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Fan J D, Jiang H D 2012 Acta Phys. Sin. 61 218702
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Zhou G Z, Tong Y J, Chen C, Ren Y Q, Wang Y D, Xiao T Q 2011 Acta Phys. Sin. 60 028701
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Zhou G Z, Wang Y D, Ren Y Q, Chen C, Ye L L, Xiao T Q 2012 Acta Phys. Sin. 61 018701
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