Komplexní magnetické materiály v nanoměřítku mají své nezastupitelné místo v moderních zařízeních, jako jsou digitální paměti nebo senzory. Moderní technologické procesy vyžadují porozumění a možnost kontroly moderních magnetických materiálů až na atomární úrovni. Jednou z možných cest je magnetická analýza za použití transmisní elektronové mikroskopie (TEM), která je unikátní díky možnosti zobrazování až v subatomárním měřítku. Tato práce popisuje možnosti zobrazování metamagnetických materiálů metodou TEM. Tyto materiály se vyznačují možností stabilizace více magnetických uspořádání najednou za daných vnějších podmínek. Modelovým systémem pro popis zobrazovacích možností metody TEM byly zvoleny tenké vrstvy metamagnetické slitiny FeRh. Tento materiál prochází při zahřívání fázovou přeměnou z antiferomagnetické do feromagnetické fáze. Podrobně jsou rozebrány procesy výroby vzorků, což je zásadní pro úspěšnou TEM analýzu. Pro magnetické zobrazování vzorků v TEMu je využita technika diferenciálního fázového kontrastu (DPC), umožňující přímé mapování rozložení magnetické indukce ve vzorku. Důsledně je diskutován vznik signálu v DPC, což je nezbytné pro porozumění a analýzu výsledných dat. FeRh vrstvy jsou podrobeny analýze struktury, chemického složení a především magnetických vlastností obou magnetických fází. Závěrem je představen proces přímého ohřevu metamagnetických vrstev v TEMu.

The initiation of high explosives (HEs) under shock loading lacks a comprehensive understanding: particularly at the particle scale. One common explanation is hot spot theory, which suggests that energy in the material resulting from the impact event is localized in a small area causing an increase in temperature that can lead to ignition. This study focuses on the response of HMX particles (a common HE) within a polymer matrix (Sylgard-184^®), a simplified example of a polymer bonded explosive (PBX). A light gas gun was used to load the samples at impact velocities ranging from 370 to 520 m/s. The impact events were visualized using X-ray phase contrast imaging (PCI) allowing real-time observation of the impact event. The experiments used three subsets of PBX samples: multiple particle (production grade and single crystal), drilled hole, and milled slot. Evidence of damage and deformation occurred in all of the sample types. While the necessary impact velocity for consistent hot spot formation leading to reactions was not reached, the damage (particularly cracking) that occurred provides a useful indication of where hot spots may occur when higher velocities are reached. With the multiple particle samples, evidence of cracking and debonding occurred throughout. One sample showed significant volume expansion due to possible reaction. The samples containing drilled holes demonstrated the expected pore collapse behavior at these velocities, as well as damage downstream from the holes under various two-hole arrangements. Milled slot samples were tested to simulate existing cracks in the HMX. These samples showed increased damage at the site of the milled slot, as well as unique cracking behavior in one of the samples.

With the advent of high-power lasers in recent decades, a unique source of hard X-ray radiation has become availible. This source of collimated, broadband, femtosecond, incoherent and hard X-ray radiation is produced when a focused laser with intensity above 10^18 W/cm^2 collides with a gas target. The strong electric field of the laser pulse ionizes the gas and interacts with the plasma generating a strong plasma wake wave. This space charge separation inside the target generates longitudal electric fields of the order of 100 GV/m. This resulting electrostatic wakefield accelerates the electrons to relativistic velocities and causes them to travel in oscillatory motion behind the laser pulse, producing hard and collimated X-ray radiation. This thesis is focused on a theoretical evaluation and an experimental design of this laser-plasma X-ray source. Furthermore, we consider the source's unique properties for novel imaging applications.

Optical phase microscopy provides a view of objects that have minimal to no effect on the detected intensity of light that are unobservable by standard microscopy techniques. Since its inception just over 60 years ago that gave us a vision to an unseen world and earned Frits Zernike the Nobel prize in physics in 1953, phase microscopy has evolved to find various applications in biological cell imaging, crystallography, semiconductor failure analysis, and more. Two common and commercially available techniques are phase contrast and differential interference contrast (DIC). In phase contrast method, a large portion of the unscattered light that accounts for the majority of the light passing unaffected through a transparent medium is blocked to allow the scattered light due to the object to be observed with higher contrast. DIC is a self-referenced interferometer that transduces phase variation to intensity variation. While being established as fundamental tools in many scientific and engineering disciplines, the traditional implementation of these techniques lacks the ability to provide the means for quantitative and repeatable measurement without an extensive and cumbersome calibration. The rapidly growing fields in modern biology meteorology and nano-technology have emphasized the demand for a more robust and convenient quantitative phase microscopy. The recent emergence of modern optical devices such as high resolution programmable spatial light modulators (SLM) has enabled a multitude of research activities over the past decade to reinvent phase microscopy in unconventional ways. This work is concerned with an implementation of a DIC microscope containing a 4-f system at its core with a programmable SLM placed at the frequency plane of the imaging system that allows for employing Fourier pair transforms for wavefront manipulation. This configuration of microscope provides a convenient way to perform both wavefront shearing with quantifiable arbitrary shear amount and direction as well as phase stepping interferometry by programming the SLM with a series of numerically generated patterns and digitally capturing interferograms for each step which are then used to calculate the objects phase gradient map. Wavefront shearing is performed by generating a pattern for the SLM where two phase ramp patterns with opposite slopes are interleaved through a random selection process with uniform distribution in order to mimic the simultaneous presence of the ramps on the same plane. The theoretical treatment accompanied by simulations and experimental results and discussion are presented in this work.

When removal of primary tumors is performed by surgery, the surgeon andthe patient would benefit from using intraoperative feedback to evaluate thetumor resection margin. If intraoperative feedback is not provided there isadditional risk of treatment of the tumor. With improvements to the fixationtime of soft tissue, phase-contrast computed tomography (PC-CT) could allow3D intraoperative feedback to the surgeons.The focus of this project has been to develop a method for measuring fixationtime on soft tissue samples and examine ways to decrease the required fixationtime. Furthermore, evaluation of fixatives to achieve image contrast that wouldbe sufficient to accomplish the possibility of intraoperative tumor feedback, inPC-CT images has been performed in this project. / När avlägsnande av primära tumörer utförs av kirurger, skulle både kirurgenoch patienten gynnas av intraoperativ återkoppling för att bedöma resektions-marginalen. Utan intraoperativ återkoppling finns det risk för att yttrligarebehandling av tumören är nödvändig. Med förbättringar inom fixeringstid avmjukvävnad skulle faskontrast-CT möjliggöra 3D intraoperativ återkopplingtill kirurgen.Fokuset inom detta projekt har varit att ta fram en metod för mätning av fixe-ringstid av mjukvävnadsprover och undersöka tillvägagångssätt för att minskaden behövda fixeringstiden. Vidare så har utvärdering av fixeringsvätskor föratt uppnå bildkontrast som skulle vara bra nog att fungera som intraoperativåterkoppling av tumör-information, inom faskontrast-CT utförts i detta projekt.

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Orientador: Carlos Manuel Giles Antunez de Mayolo / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Física Gleb Wataghin / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-24T07:15:36Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Vescovi_RafaelFerreiradaCosta_M.pdf: 7268781 bytes, checksum: aad670a87e535324db78cc83c9c2ab07 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013 / Resumo: Nos últimos anos houve um rápido desenvolvimento na área de imagens obtidas utilizando radiação coerente de raios-X, especialmente porque fontes coerentes ou parcialmente coerentes têm se tornado disponíveis. A vantagem de se usar um feixe de raios-X coerente está em evidenciar o contraste criado pela variação da fase do feixe ao atravessar a amostra. Mesmo quando a coerência do feixe não é completa ainda é possível obter informação da fase na interferência da onda que se propaga após ter atravessado da amostra. Esse método é chamado de Contraste de Fase por Propagação e ressalta principalmente a diferença do índice de refração (parte real e imaginária) na interface das estruturas internas da amostra. Este trabalho vai apresentar uma revisão do método e descrever a montagem de uma estação experimental para micro tomografias de raios-X utilizando o método de contraste de fase por propagação. Também é descrito como é feita a sincronização do experimento utilizando o software de controle EPICS e como é feito o tratamento, reconstrução e visualização das imagens tridimensionais. Serão apresentados resultados de radiografias e reconstruções tomográficas obtidas nesta estação experimental, ressaltando as melhoras obtidas pelo uso deste método, como a visualização de estruturas moles das amostras e definição das bordas / Abstract: In the last years, there has been a fast development on coherent x-ray imaging, especially because coherent or partially coherent sources are becoming more available. The advantage in using a coherent x-ray beam relies on the enhancement of contrast created by the change in the beam\'s phase after interacting with the sample. Even when the beam is not completely coherent is still possible to obtain phase information on the interference pattern of the wave propagating from the sample. This method is called Propagation Phase Contrast Image and improve the contrast on the difference of refraction index (real and imaginary part) from the sample interior interfaces. This work will show a study of the method and the assembly of an experimental station for x-ray micro tomography using this method. We also show how the experiment synchronization is done using the control software EPICS and how to treat, reconstruct and visualize the tridimensional images. An experiment results of radiographies and tomographic reconstructions obtained from this experimental station, showing the improvements obtained by the use of the propagation method, like the visualization of soft tissue and interface definition / Mestrado / Física / Mestre em Física