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Experimental and numerical study of ultra-short laser-produced collimated Cu Kα X-ray source

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 July 2017

R. Rathore ,
V. Arora ,
H. Singhal ,
T. Mandal ,
J.A. Chakera  and
P.A. Naik
R. Rathore*
Affiliation:
Laser Plasma Section, Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced Technology, Indore 452013, Madhya Pradesh, India
V. Arora
Affiliation:
Laser Plasma Section, Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced Technology, Indore 452013, Madhya Pradesh, India
H. Singhal
Affiliation:
Laser Plasma Section, Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced Technology, Indore 452013, Madhya Pradesh, India
T. Mandal
Affiliation:
Laser Plasma Section, Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced Technology, Indore 452013, Madhya Pradesh, India Homi Bhabha National Institute, Anushaktinagar, Mumbai 400 094, Maharashtra, India
J.A. Chakera
Affiliation:
Laser Plasma Section, Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced Technology, Indore 452013, Madhya Pradesh, India Homi Bhabha National Institute, Anushaktinagar, Mumbai 400 094, Maharashtra, India
P.A. Naik
Affiliation:
Laser Plasma Section, Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced Technology, Indore 452013, Madhya Pradesh, India Homi Bhabha National Institute, Anushaktinagar, Mumbai 400 094, Maharashtra, India
*
*Address correspondence and reprint requests to: R. Rathore, Laser Plasma Section, Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced Technology, Indore 452013 MP, India. E-mail: ranjana@rrcat.gov.in
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Abstract

Kα X-ray sources generated from the interaction of ultra-short laser pulses with solids are compact and low-cost source of ultra-short quasi-monochromatic X-rays compared with synchrotron radiation source. Development of collimated ultra-short Kα X-ray source by the interaction of 45 fs Ti:sapphire laser pulse with Cu wire target is presented in this paper. A study of the Kα source with laser parameters such as energy and pulse duration was carried out. The observed Kα X-ray photon flux was ~2.7 × 108 photons/shot at the laser intensity of ~2.8 × 1017 W cm−2. A model was developed to analyze the observed results. The Kα radiation was coupled to a polycapillary collimator to generate a collimated low divergence (0.8 mrad) X-ray beam. Such sources are useful for time-resolved X-ray diffraction and imaging studies.

Keywords

X-ray diffractionX-ray opticsX-ray sources from laser–plasma interactions
Type
Research Article
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Laser and Particle Beams , Volume 35 , Issue 3 , September 2017 , pp. 442 - 449
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2017 

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