Ultrafast X-ray Pulses from Laser-Produced Plasmas

• DOI: 10.1126/science.251.4993.531
• Publication Date: 2006-10-05T22:10:16Z
• Authors: Margaret M. Murnane; Henry C. Kapteyn; Mordecai D. Rosen; Roger W. Falcone
• Keywords: Streak camera; Picosecond; Pulse duration

A high-temperature plasma is created when an intense laser pulse focused onto the surface of a solid. An ultrafast x-ray radiation emitted from such length less than picosecond. high-speed streak camera detector was used to determine duration these pulses, and computer simulations plasmas agree with experimental results. Scaling laws predict that brighter more efficient sources will be obtained by use pulses. These can for time-resolved scattering studies development lasers.