Laser-Produced Coherent X-Ray Sources

Donald Umstadter

关键词: ACCELERATORS;    BIOLOGY;    BRIGHTNESS;    CHEMISTRY;    ELECTRONS;    LASERS;    NONLINEAR OPTICS;    X-RAY SOURCES High-power lasers;    x-rays;   

DOI  :  10.2172/899601
RP-ID  :  DOE/ER/14685
PID  :  OSTI ID: 899601
Others  :  TRN: US1001841

学科分类：物理（综合）

美国|英语

来源: SciTech Connect

【 摘 要 】

We study the generation of x-rays from the interaction of relativistic electrons with ultra-intense laser pulse either directly or via laser generated ion channels. The laser pulse acts as the accelerator and wiggler leading to an all-optical synchrotron-like x-ray source. The mm sized accelerator and micron-sized wiggler leads to a compact source of high brightness, ultrafast x-rays with applications in relativistic nonlinear optics, ultrafast chemistry, biology, inner-shell electronic processes and phase transitions.