TY - JOUR
AU - Reich, Ch.
AU - Uschmann, I.
AU - Ewald, F.
AU - Düsterer, S.
AU - Lübcke, A.
AU - Schwoerer, H.
AU - Sauerbrey, R.
AU - Förster, E.
AU - Gibbon, P.
TI - Spatial characteristics of K alpha X-ray emission from relativistic femtosecond laser plasmas
JO - Physical review / E
VL - 68
IS - 5
SN - 1063-651X
CY - College Park, Md.
PB - APS
M1 - PreJuSER-31495
SP - 056408
PY - 2003
N1 - Record converted from VDB: 12.11.2012
AB - The spatial structure of the Kalpha emission from Ti targets irradiated with a high intensity femtosecond laser has been studied using a two-dimensional monochromatic imaging technique. For laser intensities I<5x10(17) W/cm(2), the observed spatial structure of the Kalpha emission can be explained by the scattering of the hot electrons inside the solid with the help of a hybrid particle-in-cell/Monte Carlo model. By contrast, at the maximum laser intensity I=7x10(18) W/cm(2) the half-width of the Kalpha emission was 70 mum compared to a laser-focus half-width of 3 mum. Moreover, the main Kalpha peak was surrounded by a halo of weak Kalpha emission with a diameter of 400 mum and the Kalpha intensity at the source center did not increase with increasing laser intensity. These three features point to the existence of strong self-induced fields, which redirect the hot electrons over the target surface.
KW - J (WoSType)
LB - PUB:(DE-HGF)16
UR - <Go to ISI:>//WOS:000187183600066
DO - DOI:10.1103/PhysRevE.68.056408
UR - https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/31495
ER -