Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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1861699 | Physics Letters A | 2010 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
The efficient generation of intense X-rays and γ-radiation is studied. The scheme is based on the relativistic mirror concept, i.e., a flying thin plasma slab interacts with a counterpropagating laser pulse, reflecting part of it in the form of an intense ultra-short electromagnetic pulse having an up-shifted frequency. In the proposed scheme a series of relativistic mirrors is generated in the interaction of the intense laser with a thin foil target as the pulse tears off and accelerates thin electron layers. A counterpropagating pulse is reflected by these flying layers in the form of an ensemble of ultra-short pulses resulting in a significant energy gain of the reflected radiation due to the momentum transfer from flying layers.
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Authors
S.S. Bulanov, A. Maksimchuk, K. Krushelnick, K.I. Popov, V.Yu. Bychenkov, W. Rozmus,