Femtosecond laser-driven x-ray tube

Egbert, A.; Chichkov, Boris N.; Fallnich, Carsten; Zimmermann, Stefan; Reinhold, Alfred

doi:10.1117/1.1504459

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“…Hard-x-rays are generated via characteristic line emission and Bremsstrahlung, analogous to a conventional x-ray tube. Compared to the currently available laserplasma x-ray sources which require high-power laser systems, lowenergy, compact, high-repetition rate, commercially available femtosecond lasers can be used for the realization of the electronbased hard-x-ray source [12][13][14].…”

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High-repetition-rate compact ultrashort x-ray source and applications

Egbert

Chichkov

2003

SPIE Proceedings

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Recent progress in the development of a compact, high-repetition rate, ultrashort-pulse laser-driven hard-x-ray source based on the combination of a femtosecond laser system with an x-ray diode is reported. The x-ray source is characterized in terms of spectral and spatial properties. Hard-x-ray fluxes exceeding 2×10 10 photons/s (emitted in 4π sr) are realized at a repetition rate of 250 kHz. A comparison with available laser-plasma hard-x-ray sources is presented. Numerical modeling is performed which proves that picosecond and sub-picosecond hard-x-ray pulses can be produced with this source. Further prospects and possible applications of the femtosecond laser-driven xray diode are outlined.

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confidence: 99%