Journal Article

PUBDB-2024-06941

http://join2-wiki.gsi.de/foswiki/pub/Main/Artwork/join2_logo100x88.png The collapse of a sonoluminescent cavitation bubble imaged with X-ray free-electron laser pulses

Hoeppe, H. P. ; Osterhoff, M.Extern*XFEL.EU* ; Aghel Maleki, A. ; Rosselló, J. M. ; Vassholz, M. ; Hagemann, J.DESY* ; Engler, T.DESY* ; Schwarz, D. ; Rodriguez-Fernandez, A. ; Boesenberg, U.XFEL.EU* ; Möller, J. ; Shayduk, R. ; Hallmann, J. ; Madsen, A. ; Mettin, R. ; Salditt, T. (Corresponding author)Extern*

2024
IOP [London]

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Abstract: Single bubble sonoluminescence (SBSL) is the phenomenon of synchronous light emission due to the violent collapse of a single spherical bubble in a liquid, driven by an ultrasonic field. During the bubble collapse, matter inside the bubble reaches extreme conditions of several gigapascals and temperatures on the order of 10000 K, leading to picosecond flashes of visible light. To this day, details regarding the energy focusing mechanism rely on simulations due to the fast dynamics of the bubble collapse and spatial scales below the optical resolution limit. In this work we present phase-contrast holographic imaging with single x-ray free-electron laser (XFEL) pulses of a SBSL cavitation bubble in water. X-rays probe the electron density structure and by that provide a uniquely new view on the bubble interior and its collapse dynamics. The involved fast time-scales are accessed by sub-100 fs XFEL pulses and a custom synchronization scheme for the bubble oscillator. We find that during the whole oscillation cycle the bubble's density profile can be well described by a simple step-like structure, with the radius R following the dynamics of the Gilmore model. The quantitatively measured internal density and width of the boundary layer exhibit a large variance. Smallest reconstructed bubble sizes reach down to R ≃ 0.8 μm, and are consistent with spherical symmetry. While we here achieved a spatial resolution of a few 100 nm, the visibility of the bubble and its internal structure is limited by the total x-ray phase shift which can be scaled with experimental parameters.

Note: DFG grant Me 1645/5-2.

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Contributing Institute(s):

1. FS-PETRA (FS-PETRA)
2. MID (XFEL_E1_MID)

Research Program(s):

1. 631 - Matter – Dynamics, Mechanisms and Control (POF4-631) (POF4-631)
2. HIDSS-0002 - DASHH: Data Science in Hamburg - Helmholtz Graduate School for the Structure of Matter (2019_IVF-HIDSS-0002) (2019_IVF-HIDSS-0002)

Experiment(s):

1. XFEL Beamline SASE 2 (XFEL)

Appears in the scientific report 2024

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