“…Our work extends the results of Anderson et al, 13,14 Tomov et al, 15,16 Derenzo et al, 17 and, more recently, of Girardeau-Montaut et al 18 who have demonstrated x-ray tubes driven with nano-and picosecond laser pulses. Our work extends the results of Anderson et al, 13,14 Tomov et al, 15,16 Derenzo et al, 17 and, more recently, of Girardeau-Montaut et al 18 who have demonstrated x-ray tubes driven with nano-and picosecond laser pulses.…”