Astrophysics and Space Science

, Volume 307, Issue 1–3, pp 329–333 | Cite as

Polychromatic X-ray Beam from the Acceleration of Energetic Electrons in Ultrafast Laser-Produced Plasmas

  • Félicie Albert
  • Kim TaPhuoc
  • Rahul Shah
  • Frederic Burgy
  • Jean Philippe Rousseau
  • Antoine Rousse
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Abstract

Polychromatic beams of hard X-rays from ultrafast laser plasma interaction are studied. Just as in a conventional synchrotron, electrons are accelerated and wiggled, but on a much shorter scale of a few millimeters. By focusing a 50 TW CPA laser system (30 fs duration) onto a helium gas jet, we obtained a polychromatic collimated beam (50 mrad) of X-ray radiation in the keV range. In addition, its perfect synchronization with the laser system, its ultrafast duration (≃30 fs) and its brightness (up to 108 photons/shot/solid angle at 0.1% BW) will make it applicable to both X-ray science and backlighting to address laboratory astrophysics research issues.

Keywords

Ultrafast X-ray science Laser-Plasma source Electron acceleration 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Félicie Albert
    • 1
  • Kim TaPhuoc
    • 1
  • Rahul Shah
    • 1
  • Frederic Burgy
    • 1
  • Jean Philippe Rousseau
    • 1
  • Antoine Rousse
    • 1
  1. 1.LOA-ENSTA-Ecole PolytechniquePalaiseauFrance

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