MeV X Rays and Photoneutrons from Femtosecond Laser-Produced Plasmas
- 12 March 2001
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 86 (11), 2317-2320
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.86.2317
Abstract
We demonstrate a novel method to monitor the total angular distribution of the spectrum of hard x-ray emission from a plasma generated with femtosecond laser pulses with an intensity of on a solid target. Measured and calculated angular distributions of x rays show a pronounced anisotropy for MeV photon energies. We complemented the spectral information by demonstrating a nuclear reaction with a tabletop laser system.
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