Thomson scattering of a TW laser from plasma-accelerated electrons: An all-optical method to generate femtosecond soft and hard X-rays

Journal of the Korean Physical Society

Volumn 44, Issue 5 II, 2004, Pages 1274-1281

  Hafz, N ^a   Kim, C B ^a   Kim, G H ^a   Kim, J U ^a   Suk, H ^a   Lee, Jongmin ^b  

^a Korea Electrotechnology Research Institute (KERI)   (South Korea)

^b Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Femtosecond X rays; Laser wakefield accelerator; Self injection; Terawatt femtosecond laser; Thomson scattering

Indexed keywords

EID: 2942644435     PISSN: 03744884     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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