High-repetition rate femtosecond laser-driven hard-x-ray source

A compact, high-repetition rate, ultrashort-pulse laser-driven hard-x-ray source based on the combination of a femtosecond laser system with an x-ray diode is demonstrated. A comparison with available laser-plasma sources is presented. Numerical modeling is performed which proves that picosecond and subpicosecond hard-x-ray pulses can be produced with this source.

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