X-ray absorption spectroscopy study of energy transport in foil targets heated by PW laser pulses

I. Yu. Skobelev, S. N. Ryazantsev, D. D. Arich, P. S. Bratchenko, A. Ya. Faenov, T. A. Pikuz, P. Durey, L. Doehl, D. Farley, C. Baird, K. Lancaster, C. Murphy, N. Booth, C. Spindloe, P. McKenna, S. B. Hansen, J. Colgan, R. Kodama, N. Woolsey, S. A. Pikuz

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Abstract

Absorption x-ray spectroscopy is proposed as a method for studying the heating of a solid-density matter excited by secondary xray radiation from a relativistic laser-produced plasma. The method was developed and applied to experiments involving thin silicon foils irradiated by 0.5–1.5 ps duration ultrahigh contrast laser pulses at intensities between 0.5×1020 and 2.5×1020 W/cm2 . The electron temperature of the material at the rear side of a target is estimated to be in the range of 140–300 eV. The diagnostic approach enables the diagnosis of warm dense matter states with low self-emissivity.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)234-237
Number of pages4
JournalPhotonics Research
Volume6
Issue number4
Early online date2 Mar 2018
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Apr 2018

Keywords

  • x-rays
  • high-temperature plasmas
  • lasers
  • electron temperature
  • foil targets
  • plasma physics

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