Ultra-bright, ultra-broadband hard x-ray driven by laser-produced energetic electron beams
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Journal Article
Abstract
We propose a new method of obtaining a compact ultra-bright, ultra-broadband hard X-ray source. This X-ray source has a high peak brightness in the order of 1022 photons/(s mm2 mrad2 0.1\%BW), an ultrashort duration (10 fs), and a broadband spectrum (flat distribution from 0.1 MeV to 4 MeV), and thus has wide-ranging potential applications, such as in ultrafast Laue diffraction experiments. In our scheme, laser-plasma accelerators (LPAs) provide driven electron beams. A foil target is placed oblique to the beam direction so that the target normal sheath field (TNSF) is used to provide a bending force. Using this TNSF-kick scheme, we can fully utilize the advantages of current LPAs, including their high charge, high energy, and low emittance.
Date Issued
2013
Date Acceptance
2013-08-13
Citation
Physics of Plasmas (1994-present), 2013, 20, pp.093102-093102
ISSN
1070-664X
Publisher
AIP Publishing
Start Page
093102
End Page
093102
Journal / Book Title
Physics of Plasmas (1994-present)
Volume
20
Issue
9
Copyright Statement
© 2013 AIP Publishing LLC. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and AIP Publishing. The following article appeared in Physics of Plasmas and may be found at http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4820777.
Subjects
Fluids & Plasmas
0202 Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle And Plasma Physics
0201 Astronomical And Space Sciences
0203 Classical Physics
Publication Status
Published
Article Number
9