Title :
All optically driven femtosecond keV x-ray source
Author :
Ta Phuoc, Kim ; 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
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 :
X-ray optics; high-speed optical techniques; plasma X-ray sources; plasma light propagation; Thomson scattering radiation; betatron oscillations; femtosecond keV X-ray source; laser-plasma interactions; polychromatic X-ray source; relativistic electrons; synchrotron radiation;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics Conference, 2004. (IQEC). International
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-778-4
