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S Chen1, N D Powers1, I Ghebregziabher1
1Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska 68588, USA.
Abstract:
We report the generation of MeV x rays using an undulator and accelerator that are both driven by the same 100-terawatt laser system. The laser pulse driving the accelerator and the scattering laser pulse are independently optimized to generate a high energy electron beam (>200 MeV) and maximize the output x-ray brightness. The total x-ray photon number was measured to be ∼1×10(7), the source size was 5 μm, and the beam divergence angle was ∼10 mrad. The x-ray photon energy, peaked at 1 MeV (reaching up to 4 MeV), exceeds the thresholds of fundamental nuclear processes (e.g., pair production and photodisintegration).
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