CONTROL OF BRIGHT PICOSECOND X-RAY-EMISSION FROM INTENSE SUBPICOSECOND LASER-PLASMA INTERACTIONS

被引:61
作者
WORKMAN, J
MAKSIMCHUK, A
LIU, X
ELLENBERGER, U
COE, JS
CHIEN, CY
UMSTADTER, D
机构
[1] Center for Ultrafast Optical Science, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.75.2324
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
摘要
Using temporally and spectrally resolved diagnostics, we show that the pulse duration of laser-produced soft x rays emitted from solid targets can be controlled, permitting a reduction to as short as a few picoseconds. To enable this control, only a single parameter must be adjusted, namely, the intensity of the high-contrast ultrashort laser pulse (400 fs). These results are found to be in qualitative agreement with a simple model of radiation from a collisionally dominated atomic system.
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页码:2324 / 2327
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