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Author: Holtz, Marcel × DDC: 500 × Type: Text × Subject: Electron generation × WGL Institute: MBI ×

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    Theoretical analysis of hard x-ray generation by nonperturbative interaction of ultrashort light pulses with a metal
    (Melville, NY : AIP Publishing LLC, 2015) Weisshaupt, Jannick; Juvé, Vincent; Holtz, Marcel; Woerner, Michael; Elsaesser, Thomas
    The interaction of intense femtosecond pulses with metals allows for generating ultrashort hard x-rays. In contrast to plasma theories, tunneling from the target into vacuum is introduced as electron generation step, followed by vacuum acceleration in the laser field and re-entrance into the target to generate characteristic x-rays and Bremsstrahlung. For negligible space charge in vacuum, the Kα flux is proportional to the incident intensity and the wavelength squared, suggesting a strong enhancement of the x-ray flux by mid-infrared driving pulses. This prediction is in quantitative agreement with experiments on femtosecond Cu Kα generation.