EFFICIENT COUPLING OF HIGH-INTENSITY SUBPICOSECOND LASER-PULSES INTO SOLIDS

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作者
MURNANE, MM
KAPTEYN, HC
GORDON, SP
BOKOR, J
GLYTSIS, EN
FALCONE, RW
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[1] UNIV CALIF BERKELEY,DEPT PHYS,BERKELEY,CA 94720
[2] AT&T BELL LABS,HOLMDEL,NJ 07733
[3] GEORGIA INST TECHNOL,SCH ELECT ENGN,ATLANTA,GA 30332
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10.1063/1.108797
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O59 [应用物理学];
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We demonstrate a new technique for enhancing the absorption of high-intensity, ultrashort-duration laser pulses by solids. Targets consisting of gold gratings and gold clusters were found to absorb greater than 90% of the incident high-intensity laser light, This is in contrast to less than 10% absorption by flat surfaces. As a result of this strong coupling of the laser to a high-density plasma, conversion efficiency of laser energy to x rays of greater than 1% was observed for x rays above 1 keV. Efficiency of nearly 25% was observed for emissions greater than 30 eV. These conversion efficiencies are more than an order of magnitude greater than those measured from flat targets.
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