• DocumentCode
    2262483
  • Title

    Relativistically driven micro-plasma X-ray source

  • Author

    Nees, John ; Wilcox, M. ; Bixue Hu ; Cavalieri, A. ; Maksimchuk, A. ; Mourou, Gerard

  • Author_Institution
    Center for Ultrafact Opt. Sci., Michigan Univ., Ann Arbor, MI, USA
  • fYear
    2002
  • fDate
    24-24 May 2002
  • Firstpage
    109
  • Abstract
    Summary from only given. We have reported on a microplasma X-ray source driven by a relativistically strong laser. This source has the potential to provide X-rays for high-resolution medical imaging and a short source for time-resolved X-ray studies.
  • Keywords
    X-ray production; biomedical imaging; plasma production by laser; X-ray production; high-resolution medical imaging; microplasma X-ray Source; relativistically strong laser; short source; time-resolved X-ray studies; Chirp; Ionization; Laser excitation; Laser fusion; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Power lasers; Probes; Pulse amplifiers; Pump lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2002. CLEO '02. Technical Digest. Summaries of Papers Presented at the
  • Conference_Location
    Long Beach, CA, USA
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-706-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2002.1033496
  • Filename
    1033496