Characterization of a polychromatic x-ray beam from the acceleration of energetic electrons in ultrafast laser-produced plasmas

Author

Albert, Félicie ; Shah, Rahul ; Phuoc, Kim Ta ; Burgy, Frederic ; Rousseau, Jean-Philippe ; Mercier, Brigitte ; Rousse, Antoine

Author_Institution

LOA-ENSTA-Ecole Polytech., Palaiseau

fYear

2006

fDate

21-26 May 2006

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

Polychromatic beams of hard X-rays from ultrafast laser plasma interaction are studied. Relativistic electrons are accelerated and wiggled by a plasma along a few millimeters. Spectral, spatial characterization and electron/X-ray correlation is presented.

Keywords

high-speed optical techniques; plasma X-ray sources; plasma production by laser; relativistic electron beams; relativistic plasmas; wigglers; X-ray correlation; electron correlation; energetic electron acceleration; hard X-rays; polychromatic X-ray beam characterization; relativistic electrons; spatial characterization; spectral characterization; ultrafast laser-produced plasma; Acceleration; Chemical lasers; Electron beams; Gas lasers; Laser beams; Particle beams; Plasma accelerators; Plasma x-ray sources; Ultrafast optics; X-ray lasers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on

Conference_Location

Long Beach, CA

Print_ISBN

978-1-55752-813-1

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-55752-813-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628451

Filename

4628451