Spectroscopy of solid density plasmas generated by irradiation of thin foils by a fs laser

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作者
Gallant, P [1 ]
Jiang, Z
Chien, CY
Forget, P
Dorchies, F
Kieffer, JC
Pépin, H
Peyrusse, O
Mourou, G
Krol, A
机构
[1] Univ Quebec, INRS Energie & Mat, Quebec City, PQ J3X 1S2, Canada
[2] CEA, Bruyeres Le Chatel, France
[3] Univ Michigan, Ctr Ultrafast Opt Sci, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA
[4] SUNY Hlth Sci Ctr, Syracuse, NY 13210 USA
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加拿大自然科学与工程研究理事会;
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10.1016/S0022-4073(99)00071-0
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
We present time-resolved spectroscopy of laser-produced plasmas achieved with a 500 fs resolution. Time history of Al It-shell emission from hot solid density plasmas produced by the interaction of an intense subpicosecond laser pulse (150-400 fs, 0.53 mu m, 5 x 10(18) W/cm(2)) with a thin free-standing foil target (500-1000 Angstrom) appears to change drastically with laser pulse duration, the X-ray emission duration decreasing with the heating pulse duration. We report here what we believe to be the first observations of subpicosecond thermal X-ray emissions (Al He-alpha, 500-700 fs) in laser-produced plasmas. Such results are of interest for applications to the observation of ultrafast phenomena in matter. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
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页数:10
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