Title :
All optically driven femtosecond keV X-ray source
Author :
Phuoc, Kim Ta ; Rousse, Antoine ; Burgy, Frédéric ; Rousseau, Jean-Philippe ; Malka, Victor ; Hulin, D. ; Shah, Rahul ; Umstadter, Donald ; Pukhov, Alexander ; Kiselev, Sergei ; Lefebvre, Erik
Author_Institution :
Lab. d´´Optique Appliquee, Ecole Polytech., Palaiseau, France
Abstract :
Polychromatic and femtosecond keV X-ray beams have been generated from laser-plasma interactions. We present results on the synchrotron radiation from relativistic electrons undergoing betatron oscillations, and on nonlinear Thomson scattering radiation.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; plasma X-ray sources; plasma light propagation; plasma production by laser; relativistic plasmas; synchrotron radiation; betatron oscillations; femtosecond keV X-ray source; laser-plasma interactions; nonlinear Thomson scattering radiation; relativistic electrons; synchrotron radiation;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-777-6
