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Clean source of soft X-ray radiation formed in supersonic Ar gas jets by high-contrast femtosecond laser pulses of relativistic intensity

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2020
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Alkhimova, M.
Boldarev, A.
Feng, J.
Lu, X.
Ryazantsev, S.
Skobelev, I.
Pikuz, S.
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Организационные подразделения
Организационная единица
Институт лазерных и плазменных технологий
Стратегическая цель Института ЛаПлаз – стать ведущей научной школой и ядром развития инноваций по лазерным, плазменным, радиационным и ускорительным технологиям, с уникальными образовательными программами, востребованными на российском и мировом рынке образовательных услуг.
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© 2020 The Author(s).In this work, we optimized a clean, versatile, compact source of soft X-ray radiation with an yield per shot up to in a plasma generated by the interaction of high-contrast femtosecond laser pulses of relativistic intensity with supersonic argon gas jets. Using high-resolution X-ray spectroscopy approaches, the dependence of main characteristics (temperature, density and ionization composition) and the emission efficiency of the X-ray source on laser pulse parameters and properties of the gas medium was studied. The optimal conditions, when the X-ray photon yield reached a maximum value, have been found when the argon plasma has an electron temperature of, an electron density of and an average charge of. In such a plasma, a coefficient of conversion to soft X-ray radiation with energies reaches, and no processes leading to the acceleration of electrons to MeV energies occur. It was found that the efficiency of the X-ray emission of this plasma source is mainly determined by the focusing geometry. We confirmed experimentally that the angular distribution of the X-ray radiation is isotropic, and its intensity linearly depends on the energy of the laser pulse, which was varied in the range of 50-280 mJ. We also found that the yield of X-ray photons can be notably increased by, for example, choosing the optimal laser pulse duration and the inlet pressure of the gas jet.
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Clean source of soft X-ray radiation formed in supersonic Ar gas jets by high-contrast femtosecond laser pulses of relativistic intensity / Alkhimova, M. [et al.] // High Power Laser Science and Engineering. - 2020. - 10.1017/hpl.2020.21
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