Soft X-ray emission from noble gas clusters excited by an ultrashort KrF laser pulse

Authors
Miura, E Honda, H Katsura, K Takahashi, E Kondo, K
Citation
E. Miura et al., Soft X-ray emission from noble gas clusters excited by an ultrashort KrF laser pulse, APP PHYS B, 70(6), 2000, pp. 783-787
Citations number
32
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science
Journal title
APPLIED PHYSICS B-LASERS AND OPTICS
ISSN journal
09462171 → ACNP
Volume
70
Issue
6
Year of publication
2000
Pages
783 - 787
Database
ISI
SICI code
0946-2171(200006)70:6<783:SXEFNG>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
X-ray conversion efficiency from laser energy was measured for various nobl e-gas clusters excited by an ultrashort KrF laser pulse. For Xe clusters, t he conversion efficiency from laser energy into soft X-rays with wavelength s from 5 to 20 nm was estimated to be 1.1 %/sr, which was comparable to tha t obtained for solid targets. This high X-ray conversion efficiency was due to the large absorption fraction of the laser light by Xe clusters.