Soft X-ray emission from Kr clusters irradiated by 150 fs laser pulses

Author

Cheng, Yuanli ; WangQi ; Zhao, Yongpeng ; Xia, Yuanqin ; Chen, Jianxin ; Xiao, Yifan

Author_Institution

Nat. Key Lab. of Tunable Laser Technol., Harbin Inst. of Technol., China

fYear

2003

fDate

6-6 June 2003

Abstract

In this paper we report that heating Kr clusters with 150 fs laser pulses can obtain strong X-ray emission in the region of 10 nm-13 nm. We used a chirped pulse amplification Ti:sapphire laser which produces 150 fs laser pulses with energy up to 5 mJ at a wavelength of 800 nm to irradiate Kr clusters. The Kr clusters were produced from a pulsed solenoid valve with a sufficiently Kr backing pressure. The time integrated soft X-ray emission from Kr clusters was detected with a flat-field spectrometer. A X-ray CCD acts as readout system.

Keywords

CCD image sensors; X-ray optics; aluminium compounds; chirp modulation; high-speed optical techniques; krypton; solenoids; solid lasers; titanium; 10 to 13 nm; 150 fs; 5 mJ; 800 nm; Al/sub 2/O/sub 3/:Ti; Kr cluster irradiation; Ti:sapphire laser; X-ray CCD; chirped pulse amplification; flat-field spectrometer; laser pulse; pulsed solenoid valve; soft X-ray emission; Chirp; Heating; Optical pulses; Pulse amplifiers; Solenoids; Spectroscopy; Valves; X-ray detection; X-ray detectors; X-ray lasers;

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

1298314