Generation of ultrashort pulses of electrons, X-rays and optical pulses by relativistically strong light

Journal Article · Fri Apr 07 00:00:00 EDT 2006 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2195200· OSTI ID:20798510

Umstadter, D; Banerjee, S; Chen, S; Sepke, S ^[1]; Maksimchuk, A; Valenzuela, A ^[2]; Rousse, A; Shah, R; Phuoc, K Ta ^[3]

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1. Physics and Astronomy Department, University of Nebraska, Lincoln (United States)
2. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (United States)
3. Laboratoire d'Optique Appliquee, Palaiseau (France)

We report recent results of experiments in which relativistic optical effects play an important role, at peak laser intensities above 1019 W/cm2. These effects are leading to novel radiation sources, all with femtosecond pulse durations: (1) the generation of optical photons by means of pulse compression via relativistic cross-phase modulation, (2) ponderomotive deflection of laser accelerated electron beams, and (3) the generation of well-collimated keV-energy x-ray beams by means of either Thomson scattering or betatron oscillations in ion channels.

• OSTI ID: 20798510
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 827, Issue 1; Conference: 3. international conference on superstrong fields in plasmas, Varenna (Italy), 19-24 Sep 2005; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.2195200; (c) 2006 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
BETATRON OSCILLATIONS
COMPRESSION
ELECTRON BEAMS
ELECTRONS
KEV RANGE
LASER RADIATION
LASERS
PHOTONS
PLASMA
PLASMA HEATING
PLASMA PRODUCTION
PONDEROMOTIVE FORCE
PULSES
RADIATION SOURCES
RELATIVISTIC RANGE
THOMSON SCATTERING
VISIBLE RADIATION
X RADIATION