X-ray yields from Xe clusters heated by short pulse high intensity lasers
- 14 July 1997
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 71 (2) , 166-168
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.119491
Abstract
We have examined the absolute yield of keV x-rays emitted from gaseous plasmas created by the intense irradiation of large Xe clusters. We find that >10 μJ of x rays with photon energies above 1 keV are produced from clustering Xe gas targets when heated by 250 mJ, 2 ps laser pulses at an intensity of ∼1017 W/cm2. The yields show strong laser intensity dependence and variation with Xe cluster size.Keywords
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