Characteristic X-rays generation under the action of femtosecond laser pulses on nano-structured targets

Laser and Particle Beams

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 249-254

  Ovchinnikov, A V ^a   Kostenko, O F ^a   Chefonov, O V ^a   Rosmej, O N ^b   Andreev, N E ^a,c   Agranat, M B ^a   Duan, J L ^d   Liu, J ^d   Fortov, V E ^a,c  

^a JOINT INSTITUTE FOR HIGH TEMPERATURES   (Russian Federation)

^b GSI HELMHOLTZZENTRUM FÜR SCHWERIONENFORSCHUNG GMBH   (Germany)

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

^d INSTITUTE OF MODERN PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Characteristic X ray radiation; Hot electrons; Laser matter interaction; Nano structured targets

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERISTIC X RAYS; FAST ELECTRONS; LASER-MATTER INTERACTIONS; LOW ASPECT RATIO; METAL RODS; NANO-STRUCTURED; P-POLARIZED; SUBMICRON SIZE; VACUUM HEATING; X-RAY LINE EMISSIONS;

ASPECT RATIO; HEATING; METAL FOIL; NANOSTRUCTURES; ULTRAFAST LASERS; X RAYS;

ULTRASHORT PULSES;

EID: 79958839910     PISSN: 02630346     EISSN: 1469803X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S026303461100022X     Document Type: Article

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