Hard X-ray generation from solids driven by relativistic intensity in the lambda-cubed regime

B. Hou; J. Nees; A. Mordovanakis; M. Wilcox; G. Mourou; L. M. Chen; J. C. Kieffer; C. C. Chamberlain; A. Krol

doi:10.1007/s00340-005-2085-x

Hard X-ray generation from solids driven by relativistic intensity in the lambda-cubed regime

B. Hou
, J. Nees
, A. Mordovanakis
, M. Wilcox
, G. Mourou
, L. M. Chen
, J. C. Kieffer
, C. C. Chamberlain
, A. Krol

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Institut national de la recherche scientifique
SUNY Upstate Medical University

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Abstract

Interaction of relativistic intensity laser pulses encompassed at focus by a volume of a few wavelengths cubed with solids is examined. Spectroscopy of hard X-rays of several metallic targets, including Cu, Ge, Mo, Ag, and Sn, irradiated in this regime at a high repetition rate (0.4 kHz), has been experimentally studied. The K_α and K_β peaks of all targets were obtained. Averaged electron temperatures of several tens of keV and total X-ray conversion efficiencies up to 0.02% are calculated. The X-ray source size is measured to be ∼ 10 micron with varying elliptical shape.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	81-85
Number of pages	5
Journal	Applied Physics B: Lasers and Optics
Volume	83
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-005-2085-x
State	Published - Apr 2006

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