1. Study of hard x-ray emission from intense femtosecond Ti:sapphire laser–solid target interactions.
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Chen, L. M., Forget, P., Fourmaux, S., Kieffer, J. C., Krol, A., Chamberlain, C. C., Hou, B. X., Nees, J., and Mourou, G.
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X-rays , *FEMTOCHEMISTRY , *ELECTROMAGNETIC waves , *IONIZING radiation , *ELECTRON temperature , *RESONANCE - Abstract
Interaction of intense Ti:sapphire laser with solid targets has been studied experimentally by measuring hard x-ray and hot electron generation. Hard x-ray (8–100 keV) emission spectrum and Kα x-ray conversion efficiency (ηK) from plasma have been studied as a function of laser intensity (1017–1019 W/cm2), pulse duration (70–400)fs, and laser pulse fluence. For intensity I>1×1017 W/cm2, the Ag ηK increases to reach a maximum value of 2×10-5 at an intensity I=4×1018 W/cm2. Hot electron temperature (KTh) and ηK scaling laws have been studied as a function of the laser parameters. A stronger dependence of KTh and ηK as a function of the laser fluence than on pulse duration or laser intensity has been observed. The contribution of another nonlinear mechanism, besides resonance absorption, to hard x-ray enhancement has been demonstrated via hot electron angular distribution and particle-in-cell simulations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2004
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