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Femtosecond silicon K alpha pulses from laser-produced plasmas
T Feurer1, A Morak, I Uschmann
1Institut für Optik und Quantenelektronik, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität, Max-Wien-Platz 1, D-07743 Jena, Germany.
Physical Review. E, Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics
|January 22, 2002
Abstract:
Ultrashort bursts of silicon K alpha x-ray radiation from femtosecond-laser-produced plasmas have been generated. A cross-correlation measurement employing a laser-triggered ultrafast structural change of a CdTe crystal layer (320 nm) shows a K alpha pulse duration between 200 fs and 640 fs. This result is corroborated by particle in cell simulations combined with a Monte-Carlo electron stopping code and calculations on the structural changes of the crystal lattice.