ParaTAXIS X-ray Scattering: Laser-Irradiated Silicon Grating Simulations

Marco Garten of Technische Universität Dresden created this dataset for the SIMEX platform tool chain. It contains ParaTAXIS simulation input and output data for X-ray scattering from a silicon grating irradiated by an 83 fs, 800 nm laser pulse. The data includes density fields and detector images for optically thick and thin cases, stored in openPMD format.

Use Cases

• Simulating X-ray scattering patterns from laser-irradiated targets based on the described density data.
• Benchmarking ParaTAXIS or similar X-ray scattering simulation codes using the provided input/output files.
• Studying the effect of target optical thickness (thick vs. thin) on scattering statistics using the two simulation cases.
• Analyzing the temporal evolution of a plasma target during an X-ray probe pulse based on the 959 stacked time slices.

Strengths

• Data is derived from a detailed 2D PICLS simulation modeling a specific laser pulse (83 fs, 800 nm, a0=0.25).
• Includes both input density fields and resulting detector outputs, providing a complete simulation pipeline example.
• Specifies precise simulation parameters like cell size (3.125 nm), detector distance (1.4 m), and pixel size (13.5 µm).

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality, structure, and column definitions require manual inspection after download.
• Row count, file size, and last update date are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data is highly specific to a single, controlled simulation scenario, limiting generalizability.

Provenance

Source

Technische Universität Dresden

Collection Method

Generated via 2D PICLS and ParaTAXIS simulations for the EUCALL WP4 project.