Title :
Vacuum-free hard x-rays driven by high-field pulses from a femtosecond fiber laser
Author :
Hou, Bixue ; Rever, Matthew ; Galvanauskas, Almantas ; Nees, John A.
Author_Institution :
Center for Ultrafast Opt. Sci., Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Abstract :
A compact vacuum-free hard X-ray source based on high-field pulses from a femtosecond fiber laser interacting with nickel in gently flowing helium is demonstrated. Ka X-ray conversion efficiency is 1.7times10-9.
Keywords :
X-ray optics; X-rays; fibre lasers; nickel; optical pulse generation; plasma X-ray sources; plasma production by laser; Ni; X-ray conversion efficiency; femtosecond fiber laser; high-field pulses; nickel; vacuum-free hard X-rays; Fiber lasers; Gas lasers; Helium; Nickel; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Plasma temperature; Pulse amplifiers; Ultrafast optics; X-ray lasers; 140.3510 Lasers, fiber; 340.7480 X-rays, soft x-rays, extreme ultraviolet (EUV);
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2008 and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science. CLEO/QELS 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-859-9
