Nonlinear increase of X-ray intensities from thin foils irradiated with a 200 TW femtosecond laser

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.

doi:10.1038/srep13436

Title: Nonlinear increase of X-ray intensities from thin foils irradiated with a 200 TW femtosecond laser

Journal Article · Wed Sep 02 00:00:00 EDT 2015 · Scientific Reports

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/srep13436· OSTI ID:1222489

Faenov, A. Ya. ^[1]; Colgan, J. ^[2]; Hansen, S. B. ^[3]; Zhidkov, A. ^[4]; Pikuz, T. A. ^[1]; Nishiuchi, M. ^[5]; Pikuz, S. A. ^[6]; Skobelev, I. Yu. ^[6]; Abdallah, J. ^[2]; Sakaki, H. ^[5]; Sagisaka, A. ^[5]; Pirozhkov, A. S. ^[5]; Ogura, K. ^[5]; Fukuda, Y. ^[5]; Kanasaki, M. ^[5]; Hasegawa, N. ^[5]; Nishikino, M. ^[5]; Kando, M. ^[5]; Watanabe, Y. ^[7]; Kawachi, T. ^[5] more »

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)

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 ~E^4–5 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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Research Organization:: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States); Sandia National Lab. (SNL-CA), Livermore, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC52-06NA25396; AC04-94AL85000

OSTI ID:: 1222489

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1222490; OSTI ID: 1329858

Report Number(s):: LA-UR-14-28894; srep13436

Journal Information:: Scientific Reports, Vol. 5; ISSN 2045-2322

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