• DocumentCode
    1060751
  • Title

    Observations of picosecond X-ray pulses

  • Author

    Duguay, M.A. ; Olsen, J.N.

  • Author_Institution
    Sandia Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, USA
  • Volume
    11
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    1975
  • fDate
    4/1/1975 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    170
  • Lastpage
    172
  • Abstract
    An upper limit on the duration of X-ray pulses emitted by a laser-produced plasma has been obtained using a picosecond optical-sampling system. When irradiating an iron target with 1-J 40-ps pulses from a Nd:glass laser, X-ray pulses were as short as 50 ps with a 0.5- percent conversion efficiency. The technique utilized direct excitation of a plastic scintillator and measurement of the scintillation light rise time. Time resolution was ≤50 ps.
  • Keywords
    Delay; Laboratories; Laser excitation; Optical arrays; Optical pulses; Optical sensors; Plasma measurements; Pulse amplifiers; Ultrafast optics; X-ray lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9197
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/JQE.1975.1068586
  • Filename
    1068586