Staff profile

Dr Chanh Tran

Lecturer

Faculty of Science, Technology and Engineering

School of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences
Department of Physics
Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coherent X-Ray Science

Physical Sciences 1 building, Melbourne (Bundoora)

 

Qualifications

B. Eng, B.Sc. (Hons), Ph.D. (Melb)

Area of study

Physics

Brief profile

- Awards

 Australian Synchrotron Research Program Fellowship (2003-2005)

 Australian Research Fellowship (ARC DP 2006-2010)

 Endeavour Executive Award 2008

- Patents

 Australian Provisional Patent, “Imaging Method and Apparatus”, No 2008901157

Research interests

X-ray science

- Coherence properties of x-rays, their applications to imaging, and interactions of x-rays with matter.

- Elemental Contrast Full-Field Imaging

- Elemental Contrast Tomography

- Interaction of X-rays with Matter (photo-absorption, scattering, fluorescence)

- X-ray Interferometry

Teaching units

  • PHY1SCB: Principles of Physics (1st year)
  • PHY2MOD: Modern Physics (2nd year)
  • PHY3ANP: Atomic and Nuclear Physics (3rd year)
  • PHY4XRY: X-ray Science (4th year)

Recent publications

 

  • Chantler, CT, Islam, MT, Rae, NA, Tran, CQ, Glover, JL, Barnea, Z, “New consistency tests for high-accuracy measurements of X-ray mass attenuation coefficients by the X-ray extended-range technique”, Acta Crystallographica A 68, pp188-195 (2012)
  • Mac B. Luu, Chanh Q. Tran, Benedicta Arhatari, Eugeniu Balaur, Nirgel Kirby, Stephen Mudie, Bao T. Pham, Nghia T. Vo, Corey T. Putkunz, Francesco De Carlo, and Andrew G. Peele, “Multi-wavelength elemental contrast absorption imaging”,  Optics Express, 19, pp. 25969-25980 (2011)
  • Luu. MB,  Arhatari. BD, Tran. CQ,  Balaur. E,  Pham. BT, Vo. NT,  Chen. B,  Putkunz. CT,  Kirby. N,  Mudie. S,  Peele. AG,  “Quantitative phase imaging with polychromatic x-ray sources”, Optics Express 19  8127-8134 (2011)
  • Barnea,. Z ,  Chantler.  CT,  Glover. JL,  Grigg. MW, Islam. MT,  de Jonge. MD, Rae. NA , Tran. CQ, “Measuring the linearity of X-ray detectors: consequences for absolute attenuation, scattering and absolute Bragg intensities”, J. Appl. Cryst. 44  281-286  (2011)
  • Glover.  JL,  Chantler. CT, Barnea,.Z, Rae. NA,  Tran, CQ, “Measurement of the x-ray mass-attenuation coefficients of gold, derived quantities between 14 keV and 21 keV and determination of the bond lengths of gold”, J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys.  43  085001  (2010)
  • Islam. MT,  Rae. NA,  Glover. JL,  Barnea. Z,  de Jonge. MD, Tran. CQ, Wang. J,  Chantler. CT,  “Measurement of the x-ray mass attenuation coefficients of gold in the 38-50-keV energy range”, Physical Review A  81 022903 (2010)
  • Rae. NA,  Chantler. CT, Barnea.  Z, de Jonge. MD, Tran, CQ, Hester. JR, “X-ray mass attenuation coefficients and imaginary components of the atomic form factor of zinc over the energy range of 7.2-15.2 keV”,  Physical Review A  81 022904 (2010)
  • CT Chantler, CQ Tran and Z Barnea, “X-ray Absorption Fine Structure for Single Crystals”, Journal of Applied Crystallography 43  64-69  (2010)
  • Samuel Flewett, Harry M. Quiney, Chanh Q. Tran, and Keith A. Nugent, “Extracting coherent modes from partially coherent wavefields”, Optics Letters 34 2198 (2009)
  • J.L. Glover JL, CT Chantler, Z Barnea, NA Rae, CQ Tran, DC Creagh, D Paterson, BB Dhal, “Measurements of the x-ray mass-attenuation coefficient and imaginary component of the form factor of copper”, Physical Review A 78  052902   (2008)  
  • Chanh Q. Tran, “Multiwavelength elemental contrast phase imaging by the use of dispersion effects”, Phys. Rev. A 78 13839 (2008)
  • C. Q. Tran, G. J. Williams, A. Roberts, S. Flewett, A. G. Peele, D. Paterson, M. D. de Jonge, and K. A. Nugent, “Experimental Measurement of the Four-Dimensional Coherence Function for an Undulator X-Ray Source”,   Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 224801 (2007)
  • C. T. Chantler, N. A. Rae, C. Q. Tran, “Accurate determination and correction of the lattice parameter of LaB6 (standard reference material 660) relative to that of Si (640b)”, J. Appl. Cryst. 40 232-240 (2007)
  • M. D. de Jonge,  C. Q. Tran, C. T. Chantler, Z. Barnea, B. B. Dhal, D. Patterson, E. P. Kanter, S. H. Southworth, L. Young, M. A. Beno, J. A. Linton, G. Jennings, “Measurement of the x-ray mass attenuation coefficient and determination of the imaginary component of the atomic form-factor of tin over the energy range of 29 keV - 60 keV”, Phys. Rev. A, 75 32702  (2007) 

 

Older publications

 Book chapters (invited)

  • Zwi Barnea, Chris T. Chantler, Martin D. de Jonge, Andrew W. Stevenson and Chanh Q. Tran, 'Resonant X-Ray Scattering And X-Ray Absorption: Closing The Circle?', Chapter in Ken Hines memorial volume -  accepted (2006)
  • C.Q. Tran, M.de Jonge, Z. Barnea, B.B. Dhal and C.T. Chantler, “Quantitative Determination of the Effect of Harmonic Component in Monochromatised Synchrotron X-ray Beam Experiments”, in: Developments in Quantum Physics, Eds F. Columbus and V Krasnoholovets, 255-260 (Nova Science  -  2004)

Refereed Journal Paper

 

  • C. Q. Tran and K. A. Nugent, "Recovering the Complete Coherence Function of a Generalised Schell Model Field", Optics Letters, 31 3226-3227 (2006)
  • G. J. Williams, H. M. Quiney, B. B. Dhal, C. Q. Tran, K.A. Nugent, A. G. Peele, D. Paterson and M. deJonge, "X-ray Coherent Diffractive Imaging from the Fresnel Farfiled Intensity", Physical Review Letters, 97 25506 (2006)
  • C. Q. Tran, A. P. Mancuso, B.B. Dhal, K.A. Nugent, A.G. Peele, Z. Cai and D. Paterson, “Phase-space reconstruction of focused X-ray fields”, Journal of The Optical Society of America A-Optics Image Science and Vision 23 1779 (2006)
  • M. D. de Jonge, C. Q. Tran, C. T. Chantler, Z. Barnea, “Improved techniques for measuring x-ray mass attenuation coefficients”,  Optical Engineering, 45 46501 (2006)
  • E. C. Cosgriff, C. T. Chantler, C. Witte, L. F. Smale, C. Q. Tran, “Atomic cluster-structure calculations of the X-ray near-edge absorption of silver”, Phys. Lett. A, 343, 174-180 (2005).
  • C.Q.Tran, A.G.Peele, D.Paterson, A.Roberts, I.McNulty and K.A.Nugent, “Synchrotron beam coherence: A spatially resolved measurement”, Optics Letters, 30, 204-206 (2005).
  • C.Q. Tran, C.T. Chantler, Z. Barnea, M.D. de Jonge, B. B. Dhal, C. Chung, D. Paterson, P. Lee, J. Wang and   D.J. Cookson, “Measurement of the X-ray Mass Attenuation Coefficient of silver using the x-ray extended range technique”, J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys., 38, 89–107 (2005)
  • C.Q. Tran, A.G.Peele, D.Paterson, A.Roberts, I.McNulty and K.A.Nugent, “X-Ray Imaging: A Generalised Approach Using Phase Space Tomography”, Journal of The Optical Society of America A-Optics Image Science and Vision,22, 1691-1700  (2005).
  • Martin D. de Jonge, Chanh Q. Tran, Christopher T. Chantler, Zwi Barnea, Bipin B. Dhal, Wah-Keat Lee, Ali Mashayekhi, David J. Cookson, “Measurement of the x-ray mass attenuation coefficient and determination of the imaginary component of the atomic form-factor of molybdenum over the energy range of 13.5 keV - 41.5 keV”, Phys. Rev. A, 71, 32702 (2004)
  • C.Q. Tran, M.D. de Jonge, Z. Barnea and C.T. Chantler, “Absolute determination of the Effect of Scattering and Fluorescence on X-ray Attenuation Measurements”, J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys., 37, 3163 - 3176 (2004)
  • C.Q. Tran, C.T. Chantler, Z. Barnea, M. D. de Jonge, “Accurate Determination of the Thickness or Mass per Unit Area of Thin Foils and Single-Crystal Wafers for X-ray Attenuation Measurements”, Rev. Sci. Instrum., 75, 2943, (2004)
  • M. D. de Jonge, Z. Barnea, C.Q. Tran and C.T. Chantler, “Absolute determination of the mass attenuation coefficient of Mo”, Meas. Sci. Technol., 15, 1811 - 1822 (2004)
  • L. D. Turner, A. G. Peele, B. Dhal, A. P. Mancuso, R. E. Scholten, C. Q. Tran, K. A. Nugent, J. P. Hayes,  D. Paterson, “X-ray phase imaging: Demonstration of extended conditions for homogeneous objects”, Optics Express, 12, 2960-2065 (2004)

http://www.opticsexpress.org/abstract.cfm?URI=OPEX-12-13-2960

  • C. T. Chantler, C. Q. Tran and D. J. Cookson, “Precise Measurement of the Lattice Spacing of LaB6 standard by Powder Diffraction & the X-ray Extended-Range Technique using Synchrotron Radiation”, Phys. Rev. A, 69, 042101 (2004)
  • Martin D. de Jonge, Zwi Barnea, Chanh Q. Tran and Christopher T. Chantler, “X-ray bandwidth: Determination by on-edge absorption and effect on various absorption experiments” Phys. Rev. A, 69, 022717 (2004)
  • C. Q. Tran, C. T. Chantler, Z. Barnea, “X-ray Mass Attenuation Coefficient of Silicon: Theory versus Experiment”, Phys. Rev. Letts., 90, 257401 (2003).
  • K.A.Nugent, C.Q.Tran and A.Roberts, “Coherence Transport through X-ray Optics”, Opt. Express 11, 2323-2328 (2003).

http://www.opticsexpress.org/abstract.cfm?URI=OPEX-11-19-2323

  • C.Q. Tran, C.T. Chantler, Z. Barnea, D. Paterson, and D.J. Cookson, “Measurement of the X-ray Mass Attenuation Coefficient and the Imaginary Part of the Form Factor of Silicon Using Synchrotron Radiation”, Phys. Rev. A, 67,  042716 (2003).
  • C.Q. Tran, Z. Barnea, M. de Jonge, B.B. Dhal, D. Paterson, D.J. Cookson, C.T. Chantler, “Quantitative Determination of Major Systematics in Synchrotron X-ray Experiments: Seeing Through Harmonic Components”,  X-ray Spectrom.,32, 69-74, (2003).

Refereed Conference Papers

  • G. J. Williams, H. M. Quiney, B. B. Dahl, C.Q. Tran, A.G. Peele, K.A. Nugent, M.D. De Jonge, D. Paterson D, Thin Solid Films, 515 5553-5556  (2007)
  • C. Witte, C.T. Chantler, E.C. Cosgriff, and C.Q. Tran, "Atomic cluster calculation of the X-ray near-edge absorption of copper", J. Rad. Phys. Chem., 75 1582-1585 (2006)
  • L.F. Smale, C.T. Chantler, M.D. deJonge, Z. Barnea, and C.Q. Tran, "Analysis of X-ray Absorption Fine Structure using Absoulte X-ray Mass Attenuation Coefficient Application to Molybdenum", J. Rad. Phys. Chem., 75 1559-1563  (2006)
  • N.A. Rae, C.T. Chantler, C.Q. Tran, and Z. Barnea, "Accurate determination of X-ray Using Powder Diffraction", J. Rad. Phys. Chem., 75 2063-2066 (2006)
  • C.Q. Tran, A.G.Peele, D.Paterson, A.Roberts, I.McNulty and K.A.Nugent, “Phase Space Density Measurement of Interfering X-rays”, Journal of Electron Spectroscopy and Related Phenomena, 144-147, 947-951 (2005).
  • A.G. Peele, A.P. Mancuso, C.Q. Tran, D. Paterson, I. McNulty, J.P. Hayes d , K.A. Nugent, “Phase retrieval from coherent soft X-ray optics”, Journal of Electron Spectroscopy and Related Phenomena, 144-147, 1171-1173 (2005)
  • C Q Tran, A. G. Peele, A Mancuso, D Paterson, I McNulty, A Roberts and K A Nugent, “Correlations in Synchrotron Beams Measured Using Phase-Space Tomography,” Proceedings of the 16th Australian Institute of Physics Congress, ISBN: 0-9598064-8-2, p 225-226 (2005)

Research projects

  • Elemental contrast fullfield imaging using x-rays
  • X-ray interferometry
  • X-ray coherence
  • Interactions of x-rays with matters