Novel x-ray multispectral imaging of ultraintense laser plasmas by a single-photon charge coupled device based pinhole camera

Journal Article · Mon Oct 15 00:00:00 EDT 2007 · Review of Scientific Instruments

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2800774· OSTI ID:21024438

Labate, L; Giulietti, A; Giulietti, D; Koester, P; Levato, T; Gizzi, L A; Zamponi, F; Luebcke, A; Kaempfer, T; Uschmann, I; Foerster, E ^[1]

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1. Intense Laser Irradiation Laboratory, IPCF, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Via Moruzzi 1, 56124 Pisa (Italy)

Spectrally resolved two-dimensional imaging of ultrashort laser-produced plasmas is described, obtained by means of an advanced technique. The technique has been tested with microplasmas produced by ultrashort relativistic laser pulses. The technique is based on the use of a pinhole camera equipped with a charge coupled device detector operating in the single-photon regime. The spectral resolution is about 150 eV in the 4-10 keV range, and images in any selected photon energy range have a spatial resolution of 5 {mu}m. The potential of the technique to study fast electron propagation in ultraintense laser interaction with multilayer targets is discussed and some preliminary results are shown.

• OSTI ID: 21024438
• Journal Information: Review of Scientific Instruments, Vol. 78, Issue 10; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.2800774; (c) 2007 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0034-6748
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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LAYERS
PHOTONS
PLASMA PRODUCTION
PULSES
RELATIVISTIC RANGE
SENSORS
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