X-ray radiation from nonlinear thomson scattering of an intense femtosecond laser on relativistic electrons in a helium plasma

K. Ta Phuoc; A. Rousse; M. Pittman; J. P. Rousseau; V. Malka; S. Fritzler; D. Umstadter; D. Hulin

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.91.195001

X-ray radiation from nonlinear thomson scattering of an intense femtosecond laser on relativistic electrons in a helium plasma

K. Ta Phuoc, A. Rousse, M. Pittman, J. P. Rousseau, V. Malka, S. Fritzler, D. Umstadter, D. Hulin

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We have generated x-ray radiation from the nonlinear Thomson scattering of a [Formula presented] laser beam on plasma electrons. A collimated x-ray radiation with a broad continuous spectrum peaked at 0.15 keV with a significant tail up to 2 keV has been observed. These characteristics are found to depend strongly on the laser strength parameter [Formula presented]. This radiative process is dominant for [Formula presented] greater than unity at which point the relativistic scattering of the laser light originates from MeV energy electrons inside the plasma.

Original language	English (US)
Journal	Physical Review Letters
Volume	91
Issue number	19
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.91.195001
State	Published - 2003

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X-ray radiation from nonlinear thomson scattering of an intense femtosecond laser on relativistic electrons in a helium plasma

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