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Using hard X-rays for high-speed and ultra high-speed imaging has enormous potential to visualize the interior of opaque systems as they change with time. Exposure times below one nanosecond for ultra high-speed imaging are accessible when synchrotron light sources are employed and this provides a non-destructive method of in-motion radiography. The polychromatic radiation of insertion devices in combination with X-ray phase contrast has proven to be suited for acquisition rates up to the MHz range. This chapter outlines the basic principles of indirect hard X-ray imaging detectors for real-time imaging, and other detection schemes and sources of radiation are briefly discussed. The potential of using hard X-rays for high-speed imaging is demonstrated with application examples from soft matter physics and materials processing.
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Laser processing of a polystyrene foam: Interaction of an isolated laser irradiation (800 mJ, 20 ns pulse) with the aluminium-coated surface of a polystyrene foam is seen. The frame acquisition rate: 1.4 MHz, the integration time of the camera: 200 ns. (Contrast in the movie is dominated by X-ray phase contrast.) (AVI 37507 kb)
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Rack, A., Olbinado, M., Scheel, M., Jodar, B., Morse, J. (2018). Real-Time Hard X-ray Imaging. In: Tsuji, K. (eds) The Micro-World Observed by Ultra High-Speed Cameras. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-61491-5_10
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