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Modelling and optimisation of fs laser-produced K α sources

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Recent theoretical and numerical studies of laser-driven femtosecond K α sources are presented, aimed at understanding a recent experimental campaign to optimize emission from thin coating targets. Particular attention is given to control over the laser–plasma interaction conditions defined by the interplay between a controlled prepulse and the angle of incidence. It is found that the x-ray efficiency for poor-contrast laser systems in which a large preplasma is suspected can be enhanced by using a near-normal incidence geometry even at high laser intensities. With high laser contrast, similar efficiencies can be achieved by going to larger incidence angles, but only at the expense of larger x-ray spot size. New developments in three-dimensional modelling are also reported with the goal of handling interactions with geometrically complex targets and finite resistivity.

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  1. Jülich Supercomputing Centre, Institute for Advanced Computing, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425, Jülich, Germany

    P. Gibbon & M. Mašek

  2. Institute of Physics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic

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  3. Fachbereich Technik–Naturwissenschaftliche Technik–Bereich Photonik, Fachhochschule Oldenburg/Ostfriesland/Wilhelmshaven, University of Applied Sciences, 26723, Emden, Germany

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  4. Institut für Physik, Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg, 26111, Oldenburg, Germany

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  5. Institut für Experimentelle Physik, Universität Duisburg-Essen, 47048, Duisburg, Germany

    W. Lu, M. Nicoul, U. Shymanovich, A. Tarasevitch, P. Zhou, K. Sokolowski-Tinten & D. von der Linde

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Gibbon, P., Mašek, M., Teubner, U. et al. Modelling and optimisation of fs laser-produced K α sources. Appl. Phys. A 96, 23–31 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-009-5188-0

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