• High Power Laser Science and Engineering
  • Vol. 13, Issue 2, 02000e22 (2025)
Shuai Yan1, Hui Jiang1,2,*, Zhisen Jiang1, Dongxu Liang1..., Jianan Xie1,3, Hai Zhu4,*, Guoyang Shu4, Ningyu Ben4 and Aiguo Li1,2|Show fewer author(s)
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  • 1Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
  • 2Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
  • 3Nankai University, Tianjin, China
  • 4Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd, Shenzhen, China
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    DOI: 10.1017/hpl.2025.7 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Shuai Yan, Hui Jiang, Zhisen Jiang, Dongxu Liang, Jianan Xie, Hai Zhu, Guoyang Shu, Ningyu Ben, Aiguo Li, "X-ray speckle reduction using a high-speed piezoelectric deformable mirror system," High Power Laser Sci. Eng. 13, 02000e22 (2025) Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    An advanced deformable Kirkpatrick–Baez (K-B) mirror system was developed, equipped with high-speed piezoelectric actuators, and designed to induce beam decoherence and significantly enhance the quality of X-ray imaging by minimizing undesirable speckles in synchrotron radiation or free-electron laser facilities. Each individual mirror is engineered with 36 independent piezoelectric actuators that operate in a randomized manner, orchestrating the mirror surface to oscillate at a high frequency up to 100 kHz. Through in situ imaging single-slit diffraction measurement, it has been demonstrated that this high-frequency-vibration mirror system is pivotal in disrupting the coherent nature, thereby diminishing speckle formation. The impact of the K-B mirror system is profound, with the capability to reduce the image contrast to as low as 0.04, signifying a substantial reduction in speckle visibility. Moreover, the coherence of the X-ray beam is significantly lowered from an initial value exceeding 80% to 13%.
    U=Umaxsin(2πft+φ0), ((1))

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    Δh>λ8sinθ, ((2))

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    Δh=AUπ/2σaexp(2x2σa2), ((3))

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    I=exp(x22σx2z22σz2), ((4))

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    U(P1)=1jλΣU(P0)exp[jk(r01)]r01cos(θ01)ds. ((5))

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    V=V0exp(a28ltc2)=ImaxIminImax+Imin, ((6))

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    Shuai Yan, Hui Jiang, Zhisen Jiang, Dongxu Liang, Jianan Xie, Hai Zhu, Guoyang Shu, Ningyu Ben, Aiguo Li, "X-ray speckle reduction using a high-speed piezoelectric deformable mirror system," High Power Laser Sci. Eng. 13, 02000e22 (2025)
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