X-ray radiation from nonlinear Thomson scattering of an intense femtosecond laser focussed in an helium gas jet

Author

Rousse, A. ; Phuoc, K. Ta ; Malka, V. ; Rousseau, J.P. ; Hulin, D.

Author_Institution

Lab. d´´Optique Appliquee, ENSTA, Palaiseau, France

fYear

2003

fDate

6-6 June 2003

Abstract

We have observed the X-ray radiation produced by the nonlinear Thomson scattering of an intense femtosecond laser on relativistic electrons. The 1 J 30 fs laser beam is focussed on a helium gas jet and the X-ray radiation is detected using a grazing incidence X-ray spectrometer. The analysis of the data shows that the effect of the plasma as well as the additional acceleration of the electrons inside the plasma waves should be taken into account to fit the experimental results.

Keywords

X-ray detection; X-ray spectrometers; helium; high-speed optical techniques; laser beams; light scattering; nonlinear optics; optical focusing; plasma jets; plasma waves; plasma-beam interactions; relativistic electron beams; 1 J; 30 fs; He; X-ray radiation detection; electron acceleration; grazing incidence X-ray spectrometer; intense femtosecond laser focusing helium gas jet; nonlinear Thomson scattering; plasma wave effect; relativistic electrons; Electrons; Gas lasers; Helium; Laser beams; Plasma waves; Radiation detectors; X-ray detection; X-ray detectors; X-ray lasers; X-ray scattering;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2003. CLEO '03. Conference on

Conference_Location

Baltimore, MD, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-748-2

Type

conf

Filename

1298262