Nonlinear increase of X-ray intensities from thin foils irradiated with a 200 TW femtosecond laser
Abstract
We report, for the first time, that the energy of femtosecond optical laser pulses, E, with relativistic intensities I > 1021 W/cm2 is efficiently converted to X-ray radiation, which is emitted by “hot” electron component in collision-less processes and heats the solid density plasma periphery. As shown by direct high-resolution spectroscopic measurements X-ray radiation from plasma periphery exhibits unusual non-linear growth ~E4–5 of its power. The non-linear power growth occurs far earlier than the known regime when the radiation reaction dominates particle motion (RDR). Nevertheless, the radiation is shown to dominate the kinetics of the plasma periphery, changing in this regime (now labeled RDKR) the physical picture of the laser plasma interaction. Although in the experiments reported here we demonstrated by observation of KK hollow ions that X-ray intensities in the keV range exceeds ~1017 W/cm2, there is no theoretical limit of the radiation power. Therefore, such powerful X-ray sources can produce and probe exotic material states with high densities and multiple inner-shell electron excitations even for higher Z elements. Furthermore, femtosecond laser-produced plasmas may thus provide unique ultra-bright X-ray sources, for future studies of matter in extreme conditions, material science studies, and radiography of biological systems.
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- Osaka Univ., Suita (Japan); Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow (Russia)
- Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (United States)
- Osaka Univ., Suita (Japan)
- Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Kyoto (Japan)
- Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow (Russia); National Research Nuclear Univ. (MEPhI), Moscow (Russia)
- Kyushu University (Japan)
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- Research Org.:
- Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States); Sandia National Lab. (SNL-CA), Livermore, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1222489
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1222490; OSTI ID: 1329858
- Report Number(s):
- LA-UR-14-28894
Journal ID: ISSN 2045-2322; srep13436
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC52-06NA25396; AC04-94AL85000
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Scientific Reports
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 5; Journal ID: ISSN 2045-2322
- Publisher:
- Nature Publishing Group
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS; 71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; exotic atoms and molecules; laser-produced plasmas
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Faenov, A. Ya., Colgan, J., Hansen, S. B., Zhidkov, A., Pikuz, T. A., Nishiuchi, M., Pikuz, S. A., Skobelev, I. Yu., Abdallah, J., Sakaki, H., Sagisaka, A., Pirozhkov, A. S., Ogura, K., Fukuda, Y., Kanasaki, M., Hasegawa, N., Nishikino, M., Kando, M., Watanabe, Y., Kawachi, T., Masuda, S., Hosokai, T., Kodama, R., and Kondo, K. Nonlinear increase of X-ray intensities from thin foils irradiated with a 200 TW femtosecond laser. United States: N. p., 2015.
Web. doi:10.1038/srep13436.
Faenov, A. Ya., Colgan, J., Hansen, S. B., Zhidkov, A., Pikuz, T. A., Nishiuchi, M., Pikuz, S. A., Skobelev, I. Yu., Abdallah, J., Sakaki, H., Sagisaka, A., Pirozhkov, A. S., Ogura, K., Fukuda, Y., Kanasaki, M., Hasegawa, N., Nishikino, M., Kando, M., Watanabe, Y., Kawachi, T., Masuda, S., Hosokai, T., Kodama, R., & Kondo, K. Nonlinear increase of X-ray intensities from thin foils irradiated with a 200 TW femtosecond laser. United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep13436
Faenov, A. Ya., Colgan, J., Hansen, S. B., Zhidkov, A., Pikuz, T. A., Nishiuchi, M., Pikuz, S. A., Skobelev, I. Yu., Abdallah, J., Sakaki, H., Sagisaka, A., Pirozhkov, A. S., Ogura, K., Fukuda, Y., Kanasaki, M., Hasegawa, N., Nishikino, M., Kando, M., Watanabe, Y., Kawachi, T., Masuda, S., Hosokai, T., Kodama, R., and Kondo, K. Wed .
"Nonlinear increase of X-ray intensities from thin foils irradiated with a 200 TW femtosecond laser". United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep13436. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1222489.
@article{osti_1222489,
title = {Nonlinear increase of X-ray intensities from thin foils irradiated with a 200 TW femtosecond laser},
author = {Faenov, A. Ya. and Colgan, J. and Hansen, S. B. and Zhidkov, A. and Pikuz, T. A. and Nishiuchi, M. and Pikuz, S. A. and Skobelev, I. Yu. and Abdallah, J. and Sakaki, H. and Sagisaka, A. and Pirozhkov, A. S. and Ogura, K. and Fukuda, Y. and Kanasaki, M. and Hasegawa, N. and Nishikino, M. and Kando, M. and Watanabe, Y. and Kawachi, T. and Masuda, S. and Hosokai, T. and Kodama, R. and Kondo, K.},
abstractNote = {We report, for the first time, that the energy of femtosecond optical laser pulses, E, with relativistic intensities I > 1021 W/cm2 is efficiently converted to X-ray radiation, which is emitted by “hot” electron component in collision-less processes and heats the solid density plasma periphery. As shown by direct high-resolution spectroscopic measurements X-ray radiation from plasma periphery exhibits unusual non-linear growth ~E4–5 of its power. The non-linear power growth occurs far earlier than the known regime when the radiation reaction dominates particle motion (RDR). Nevertheless, the radiation is shown to dominate the kinetics of the plasma periphery, changing in this regime (now labeled RDKR) the physical picture of the laser plasma interaction. Although in the experiments reported here we demonstrated by observation of KK hollow ions that X-ray intensities in the keV range exceeds ~1017 W/cm2, there is no theoretical limit of the radiation power. Therefore, such powerful X-ray sources can produce and probe exotic material states with high densities and multiple inner-shell electron excitations even for higher Z elements. Furthermore, femtosecond laser-produced plasmas may thus provide unique ultra-bright X-ray sources, for future studies of matter in extreme conditions, material science studies, and radiography of biological systems.},
doi = {10.1038/srep13436},
journal = {Scientific Reports},
number = ,
volume = 5,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Sep 02 00:00:00 EDT 2015},
month = {Wed Sep 02 00:00:00 EDT 2015}
}
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