STRONG X-RAY-EMISSION FROM HIGH-TEMPERATURE PLASMAS PRODUCED BY INTENSE IRRADIATION OF CLUSTERS

Authors
DITMIRE T DONNELLY T FALCONE RW PERRY MD
Citation
T. Ditmire et al., STRONG X-RAY-EMISSION FROM HIGH-TEMPERATURE PLASMAS PRODUCED BY INTENSE IRRADIATION OF CLUSTERS, Physical review letters, 75(17), 1995, pp. 3122-3125
Citations number
27
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Physical review letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00319007
Volume
75
Issue
17
Year of publication
1995
Pages
3122 - 3125
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-9007(1995)75:17<3122:SXFHPP>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
The interaction of an intense laser pulse with large (similar to 100 A ngstrom) clusters present in pulsed gas jets is shown to produce novel plasmas with electron temperatures far in excess of that predicted by above-threshold ionization theory. The enhanced absorption of the las er light by the dense clusters results in the production of high ion c harge states via collisional ionization resulting in strong x-ray emis sion from the hot plasma.