Relativistic electron-beam interaction and K(alpha) generation in solid targets

Ernst E. Fill; Georg Pretzler; David C. Eder; Klaus Eidmann; Andreas Saemann

doi:10.1117/12.366659

21 October 1999 Relativistic electron-beam interaction and Kα generation in solid targets

Ernst E. Fill, Georg Pretzler, David C. Eder, Klaus Eidmann, Andreas Saemann

Proceedings Volume 3776, Soft X-Ray Lasers and Applications III; (1999) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.366659
Event: SPIE's International Symposium on Optical Science, Engineering, and Instrumentation, 1999, Denver, CO, United States

Abstract

When fs laser pulses interact with solid surfaces at intensities I(lambda) ² > 10¹⁸ W/cm² micrometers ², collimated relativistic electron beams are generated. These electrons can be used for producing intense X-radiation (bremsstrahlung or K_(alpha )) for pumping an innershell X-ray laser. The basic concept of such a laser involves the propagation of the electron beam in a material which converts electron energy into appropriate pump photons.

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Ernst E. Fill, Georg Pretzler, David C. Eder, Klaus Eidmann, and Andreas Saemann "Relativistic electron-beam interaction and Kα generation in solid targets", Proc. SPIE 3776, Soft X-Ray Lasers and Applications III, (21 October 1999); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.366659

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