Title :
Table-top hard x-ray source driven by sub-100 fs mid-infrared pulses
Author :
Weisshaupt, Jannick ; Juve, Vincent ; Shian Ku ; Holtz, Marcel ; Woerner, Michael ; Elsaesser, Thomas ; AliSauskas, S. ; Pugzlys, A. ; Baltuska, A.
Author_Institution :
Max-Born-Inst. fur Nichtlineare Opt. und Kurzzeitspektroskopie, Berlin, Germany
Abstract :
Powerful 90 fs pulses at a midinfrared wavelength of λ = 3.9 μm drive a femtosecond hard X-ray source (Cu Kα: ħω = 8.05 keV). Up to 108 X-ray photons/pulse are generated which is twice as many as with 800 nm drivers of a 100 times higher peak intensity.
Keywords :
X-ray production; electron volt energy 8.05 keV; femtosecond hard X-ray source; midinfrared pulses; midinfrared wavelength; table-top hard X-ray source; time 90 fs; wavelength 3.9 mum; wavelength 800 nm; Electron optics; Nonlinear optics; Optical pulses; Photonics; Ultrafast electronics; Ultrafast optics; X-ray lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA