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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| author | 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 |
| author_facet | 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 |
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| description | 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 γ is the relativistic Lorentz factor, above which the first evidence of an intensity dependent efficiency rollover is observed. The coherent nature of the generated harmonics is demonstrated by the highly directional beamed emission, which for photon energy hν>1keV is found to be into a cone angle ∼4°, significantly less than that of the incident laser cone (20°). © 2007 The American Physical Society. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:0771a131-5db6-4778-bb45-5902de0cc9de2022-03-26T09:07:34ZBright multi-keV harmonic generation from relativistically oscillating plasma surfacesJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:0771a131-5db6-4778-bb45-5902de0cc9deEnglishSymplectic Elements at Oxford2007Dromey, BKar, SBellei, CCarroll, DClarke, RGreen, JKneip, SMarkey, KNagel, SRSimpson, PWillingale, LMcKenna, PNeely, DNajmudin, ZKrushelnick, KNorreys, PZepf, MThe 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 γ is the relativistic Lorentz factor, above which the first evidence of an intensity dependent efficiency rollover is observed. The coherent nature of the generated harmonics is demonstrated by the highly directional beamed emission, which for photon energy hν>1keV is found to be into a cone angle ∼4°, significantly less than that of the incident laser cone (20°). © 2007 The American Physical Society. |
| spellingShingle | 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 Bright multi-keV harmonic generation from relativistically oscillating plasma surfaces |
| title | Bright multi-keV harmonic generation from relativistically oscillating plasma surfaces |
| title_full | Bright multi-keV harmonic generation from relativistically oscillating plasma surfaces |
| title_fullStr | Bright multi-keV harmonic generation from relativistically oscillating plasma surfaces |
| title_full_unstemmed | Bright multi-keV harmonic generation from relativistically oscillating plasma surfaces |
| title_short | Bright multi-keV harmonic generation from relativistically oscillating plasma surfaces |
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