• DocumentCode
    2874658
  • Title

    Characterization of a minute hard x-ray source driven by a relativistic wavelength-cubed laser

  • Author

    Hou, B. ; Mordovanakis, A. ; Krol, A. ; Kieffer, J.C. ; Mourou, G. ; Nees, J.

  • Author_Institution
    Focus Center & Center for Ultrafast Opt. Sci., Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    21-26 May 2006
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Tightly focused ultrashort-pulse light efficiently drives a hard x-ray source (eta=0.08%) with 9-mum size enabling imaging of small features using indigenous electrons in Mo and Au/Si. In-plane and out-of-plane angular distribution of x-rays is measured.
  • Keywords
    X-rays; gold; high-speed optical techniques; molybdenum; silver; angular distribution; indigenous electrons; minute hard x-ray source; relativistic wavelength cubed laser; ultrashort pulse light; Gold; Laser theory; Plasma density; Plasma materials processing; Plasma measurements; Plasma properties; Plasma temperature; Plasma x-ray sources; X-ray imaging; X-ray lasers; (340.7480) x-rays; (350.5400) plasmas;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Long Beach, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-813-1
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-55752-813-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628455
  • Filename
    4628455