Micro-radiography with laser plasma X-ray source operating in air atmosphere

Laser and Particle Beams

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 393-397

  Pikuz, S A ^a,b   Chefonov, O V ^a   Gasilov, S V ^a   Komarov, P S ^a   Ovchinnikov, A V ^a   Skobelev, I Yu ^a   Ashitkov, S Yu ^a   Agranat, M V ^a   Zigler, A ^c   Faenov, A Ya ^a,d  

^a JOINT INSTITUTE FOR HIGH TEMPERATURES   (Russian Federation)

^b MOSCOW INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS AND TECHNOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^d KANSAI PHOTON SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Laser produced plasma; Micro radiography

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION IMAGING; AIR ATMOSPHERE; AIR INTERFACE; AIR LAYERS; AIR PLASMAS; BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES; CHARACTERISTIC LINES; COPPER TARGET; FAST ELECTRONS; FEMTOSECOND LASER PULSE; IN-VIVO; INTENSITY OF LASER; K-SHELL EMISSION; LABORATORY CONDITIONS; LASER PLASMA X-RAY SOURCES; MICRO-OBJECTS; MICRO-RADIOGRAPHY; SOURCE SIZES; TARGET SURFACE; X RAY PHOTONS; X-RAY EMISSION; X-RAY SPECTRA;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE EMISSION; ION BEAMS; LASER PRODUCED PLASMAS; MULTIPHOTON PROCESSES; PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; RADIOLOGY; ULTRAFAST LASERS; ULTRASHORT PULSES; X RAY SCATTERING; X RAYS;

X RAY RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 78049262426     PISSN: 02630346     EISSN: 1469803X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0263034610000376     Document Type: Article

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