Attosecond Thomson-scattering x-ray source driven by laser-based electron acceleration

Luo, W.; Zhuo, H. B.; Yu, T. P.; Ma, Y. Y.; Song, Y. M.; Zhu, Z. C.; Yu, M. Y.

doi:10.1063/1.4826600

Title: Attosecond Thomson-scattering x-ray source driven by laser-based electron acceleration

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The possibility of producing attosecond x-rays through Thomson scattering of laser light off laser-driven relativistic electron beams is investigated. For a ≤200-as, tens-MeV electron bunch produced with laser ponderomotive-force acceleration in a plasma wire, exceeding 10{sup 6} photons/s in the form of ∼160 as pulses in the range of 3–300 keV are predicted, with a peak brightness of ≥5 × 10{sup 20} photons/(s mm{sup 2} mrad{sup 2} 0.1% bandwidth). Our study suggests that the physical scheme discussed in this work can be used for an ultrafast (attosecond) x-ray source, which is the most beneficial for time-resolved atomic physics, dubbed “attosecond physics.”.

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Luo, W. ^[1]; Zhuo, H. B.; Yu, T. P. ^[2]; Ma, Y. Y. ^[2]; Song, Y. M.; Zhu, Z. C. ^[1]; Yu, M. Y. ^[3]

School of Nuclear Science and Technology, University of South China, Hengyang 421001 (China)
College of Science, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073 (China)
Department of Physics, Institute for Fusion Theory and Simulation, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027 (China)

Publication Date:: Mon Oct 21 00:00:00 EDT 2013

OSTI Identifier:: 22224134

Resource Type:: Journal Article

Journal Name:: Applied Physics Letters

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 103; Journal Issue: 17; Other Information: (c) 2013 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 0003-6951

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 74 ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS; 71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; ACCELERATION; ATOMIC PHYSICS; BEAM BUNCHING; BRIGHTNESS; ELECTRON BEAMS; ELECTRONS; KEV RANGE; LASERS; MEV RANGE; NONLINEAR PROBLEMS; PEAKS; PHOTONS; PONDEROMOTIVE FORCE; PULSES; RELATIVISTIC PLASMA; RELATIVISTIC RANGE; THOMSON SCATTERING; TIME RESOLUTION; WIRES; X RADIATION; X-RAY SOURCES

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                    Luo, W., College of Science, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, Zhuo, H. B., Yu, T. P., Ma, Y. Y., Applied Ion Beam Physics Laboratory, Institute of Modern Physics, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, Song, Y. M., Zhu, Z. C., Yu, M. Y., and Theoretical Physics I, Ruhr University, D-44801 Bochum. Attosecond Thomson-scattering x-ray source driven by laser-based electron acceleration.  United States: N. p., 2013. 
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                    Luo, W., College of Science, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, Zhuo, H. B., Yu, T. P., Ma, Y. Y., Applied Ion Beam Physics Laboratory, Institute of Modern Physics, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, Song, Y. M., Zhu, Z. C., Yu, M. Y., & Theoretical Physics I, Ruhr University, D-44801 Bochum. Attosecond Thomson-scattering x-ray source driven by laser-based electron acceleration.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4826600

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                    Luo, W., College of Science, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, Zhuo, H. B., Yu, T. P., Ma, Y. Y., Applied Ion Beam Physics Laboratory, Institute of Modern Physics, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, Song, Y. M., Zhu, Z. C., Yu, M. Y., and Theoretical Physics I, Ruhr University, D-44801 Bochum. 2013.  
        "Attosecond Thomson-scattering x-ray source driven by laser-based electron acceleration".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4826600.

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@article{osti_22224134,

  title        = {Attosecond Thomson-scattering x-ray source driven by laser-based electron acceleration},

  author       = {Luo, W. and College of Science, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073 and Zhuo, H. B. and Yu, T. P. and Ma, Y. Y. and Applied Ion Beam Physics Laboratory, Institute of Modern Physics, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433 and Song, Y. M. and Zhu, Z. C. and Yu, M. Y. and Theoretical Physics I, Ruhr University, D-44801 Bochum},

  abstractNote = {The possibility of producing attosecond x-rays through Thomson scattering of laser light off laser-driven relativistic electron beams is investigated. For a ≤200-as, tens-MeV electron bunch produced with laser ponderomotive-force acceleration in a plasma wire, exceeding 10{sup 6} photons/s in the form of ∼160 as pulses in the range of 3–300 keV are predicted, with a peak brightness of ≥5 × 10{sup 20} photons/(s mm{sup 2} mrad{sup 2} 0.1% bandwidth). Our study suggests that the physical scheme discussed in this work can be used for an ultrafast (attosecond) x-ray source, which is the most beneficial for time-resolved atomic physics, dubbed “attosecond physics.”.},

  doi          = {10.1063/1.4826600},

  url          = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/22224134},
  journal      = {Applied Physics Letters},

  issn         = {0003-6951},

  number       = 17,

  volume       = 103,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Mon Oct 21 00:00:00 EDT 2013},

  month        = {Mon Oct 21 00:00:00 EDT 2013}

}

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