A compact broadband Compton spectrometer with high spectral resolution has been designed to detect spectra of laser-driven high-flux gamma rays.The primary detection range of the gamma-ray spectrum is 0.5 MeV–13 MeV,...A compact broadband Compton spectrometer with high spectral resolution has been designed to detect spectra of laser-driven high-flux gamma rays.The primary detection range of the gamma-ray spectrum is 0.5 MeV–13 MeV,although a secondary harder gamma-ray region of 13 MeV–30MeV can also be covered.The Compton-scattered electrons are spectrally resolved using a curved surface detector and a nonuniform magnetic field produced by a pair of step-like magnets.This design allows a compact structure,a wider bandwidth,especially in the lower-energy region of 0.5 MeV–2 MeV,and optimum spectral resolution.The spectral resolution is 5%–10%in the range 4 MeV–13 MeV and better than 25%in the range 0.5MeV–4MeV(with an Al converter of 0.25mmthickness and a collimator of 1 cm inner diameter).Low-Z plastic materials are used on the inner surface of the spectrometer to suppress noise due to secondary X-ray fluorescence.The spectrometer can be adjusted flexibly via a specially designed mechanical component.An algorithmbased on a regularizationmethod has also been developed to reconstruct the gamma-ray spectrum from the scattered electrons.展开更多
基金ACKNOWLEDGMENTS This work was supported by the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(Grant No.XDB16000000)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.11775223,11375197,11605200,and 11275202)+1 种基金the Science Challenge Project(Grant No.TZ2016005)the Open Fund of the State Key Laboratory of High Field Laser Physics(SIOM).
文摘A compact broadband Compton spectrometer with high spectral resolution has been designed to detect spectra of laser-driven high-flux gamma rays.The primary detection range of the gamma-ray spectrum is 0.5 MeV–13 MeV,although a secondary harder gamma-ray region of 13 MeV–30MeV can also be covered.The Compton-scattered electrons are spectrally resolved using a curved surface detector and a nonuniform magnetic field produced by a pair of step-like magnets.This design allows a compact structure,a wider bandwidth,especially in the lower-energy region of 0.5 MeV–2 MeV,and optimum spectral resolution.The spectral resolution is 5%–10%in the range 4 MeV–13 MeV and better than 25%in the range 0.5MeV–4MeV(with an Al converter of 0.25mmthickness and a collimator of 1 cm inner diameter).Low-Z plastic materials are used on the inner surface of the spectrometer to suppress noise due to secondary X-ray fluorescence.The spectrometer can be adjusted flexibly via a specially designed mechanical component.An algorithmbased on a regularizationmethod has also been developed to reconstruct the gamma-ray spectrum from the scattered electrons.
