Generation of femtosecond X-ray pulses via Thomson scattering of terawatt IR laser pulses with relativistic electrons

Author

Chin, A.H. ; Schoenlein, R.W. ; Clover, T.E. ; Shank, C.V. ; Leemans, W.P. ; Volfbeyn, P. ; Govil, R. ; Kim, K.-J. ; Chattopadhyay, Subrata

Author_Institution

Div. of Mater. Sci., Berkeley Nat. Lab., CA, USA

fYear

1996

fDate

7-7 June 1996

Firstpage

68

Abstract

Summary form only given. Generating femtosecond X-ray pulses via Thomson scattering of ultrashort laser pulses with relativistic electrons has a number of attractive advantages over other approaches. The duration of the generated X-rays is determined by the focal spot of the electron beam and the optical pulse duration. Thus generation of X-ray pulses of <100 fs duration is relatively straightforward.

Keywords

Thomson effect; X-ray production; X-rays; electron beam focusing; high-speed optical techniques; 100 fs; Thomson scattering; femtosecond X-ray pulse generation; focal spot; generated X-rays; optical pulse duration; relativistic electrons; terawatt IR laser pulses; ultrashort laser pulses; Electromagnetic scattering; Electrons; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Particle scattering; Pulse generation; Ultrafast electronics; X-ray imaging; X-ray lasers; X-ray scattering;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 1996. QELS '96., Summaries of Papers Presented at the

Conference_Location

Anaheim, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-444-0

Type

conf

Filename

865581