Published January 2002 | Version v1
Journal article

Femtosecond silicon Kα pulses from laser-produced plasmas

  • 1. Experimentelle Physik III, Universitaet Wuerzburg, Am Hubland, D-07743 Wuerzburg (Germany)
  • 2. Institut fuer Optik und Quantenelektronik, Friedrich-Schiller-Universitaet, Max-Wien-Platz 1, D-07743 Jena (Germany)

Description

Ultrashort bursts of silicon Kα x-ray radiation from femtosecond-laser-produced plasmas have been generated. A cross-correlation measurement employing a laser-triggered ultrafast structural change of a CdTe crystal layer (320 nm) shows a Kα pulse duration between 200 fs and 640 fs. This result is corroborated by particle in cell simulations combined with a Monte-Carlo electron stopping code and calculations on the structural changes of the crystal lattice

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Journal Title
Physical Review. E, Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics
Journal Volume
65
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 016412-016412.4
ISSN
1063-651X
CODEN
PLEEE8

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(c) 2001 The American Physical Society