Bright multi-keV harmonic generation from relativistically oscillating plasma surfaces

The first evidence of x-ray harmonic radiation extending to 3.3, 3.8 keV (order n>3200) from petawatt class laser-solid interactions is presented, exhibiting relativistic limit efficiency scaling (η∼n-2.5-n-3) at multi-keV energies. This scaling holds up to a maximum order, nRO∼81/2γ3, where...

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Main Authors: Dromey, B, Kar, S, Bellei, C, Carroll, D, Clarke, R, Green, J, Kneip, S, Markey, K, Nagel, SR, Simpson, P, Willingale, L, McKenna, P, Neely, D, Najmudin, Z, Krushelnick, K, Norreys, P, Zepf, M
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2007