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The development of lasers delivering ultra-short pulses at the multigigawatt power level opens new perspectives for the study of laser-matter interaction at very high intensities. When an intense ultra-short pulse laser is focused onto the surface of a solid, a high temperature, x-ray emitting plasma is produced. Laser energy heats up the solid target material over a length comparable to the skin depth. Due to the short laser pulse duration, this leads to rapid ionization before any significant hydrodynamic motion of the target occurs. These plasmas look very promising for the generation of sub-picosecond x-rays in the keV range. Several groups1–7 have recently begun to explore the physics of laser-heating solid density targets because the availability of such x-ray pulses will have significant impact in many areas requiring time-resolved measurements in plasma and solid state physics.
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Gauthier, J.C. et al. (1994). Influence of the Prepulse on the X-Ray Yield of a Subpicosecond Laser-Produced Plasma. In: More, R.M. (eds) Laser Interactions with Atoms, Solids and Plasmas. NATO ASI Series, vol 327. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-1576-4_16
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