Generation of hard X-rays using an ultrafast fiber laser system

doi:10.1364/OE.15.013942

Generation of hard X-rays using an ultrafast fiber laser system

Kai-Hsiu Liao, Aghapi G. Mordovanakis, Bixue Hou, Guoqing Chang, Matthew Rever, Gerard A. Mourou, John Nees, and Almantas Galvanauskas »View Author Affiliations

Optics Express, Vol. 15, Issue 21, pp. 13942-13948 (2007)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.15.013942

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We report the first hard X-ray source driven by a femtosecond fiber laser. The high energy fiber CPA system incorporated a 65μm LMA fiber amplifying stage which provided 300-fs recompressed pulses and diffraction limited beam quality with M² < 1.07. A deformable mirror was used to optimize the wavefront and the spot size was focused down to 2.3 μm with an f/1.2 paraboloidal mirror. 50μJ was deposited on the nickel target with 2×10¹⁵-W/cm² focal intensity and a distinctive Ni K_α -line (7.48 keV) emission was measured with 5×10^-8 energy conversion efficiency.

OCIS Codes
(140.3510) Lasers and laser optics : Lasers, fiber
(140.7090) Lasers and laser optics : Ultrafast lasers
(140.7240) Lasers and laser optics : UV, EUV, and X-ray lasers

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Lasers and Laser Optics

History
Original Manuscript: August 13, 2007
Revised Manuscript: September 13, 2007
Manuscript Accepted: September 22, 2007
Published: October 9, 2007

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Kai-Hsiu Liao, Aghapi G. Mordovanakis, Bixue Hou, Guoqing Chang, Matthew Rever, Gerard A. Mourou, John Nees, and Almantas Galvanauskas, "Generation of hard X-rays using an ultrafast fiber laser system," Opt. Express 15, 13942-13948 (2007)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-15-21-13942

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C. W. Siders, A. Cavalleri, K. Sokolowski-Tinten, Cs. Tóth, T. Guo, M. Kammler, M. Horn von Hoegen, K. R. Wilson, D. von der Linde and C. P. J. Barty, "Detection of nonthermal melting by ultrafast x-ray diffraction," Science 286, 1340-1342 (1999). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
C. Rischel, A. Rousse, I. Uschmann, P. A. Albouy, J. P. Geindre, P. Audebert, J. C. Gauthier, E. Forster, J. L. Martin, and A. Antonetti, "Femtosecond time-resolved X-ray diffraction from laser-heated organic films," Nature (London) 390, 490-492 (1997). [CrossRef]
R. Toth, J. C. Kieffer, S. Fourmaux, T. Ozaki, and A. Krol, "In-line phase-contrast imaging with a laser-based hard x-ray source," Rev. Sci. Instrum. 76, 083701-0837067 (2005). [CrossRef]
E. Andersson, G. Hölzer, E. Forster, M. Gratz, L. Kiernan, A. Sjogren, and S. Svanberg, "Coronary angiography using laser plasma sources: X-ray source efficiency and optimization of a bent crystal monochromator," J. Appl. Phys. 90, 3048-3056 (2001). [CrossRef]
A. Mordovanakis, K.-C. Hou, Y.-C. Chang, M.-Y. Cheng, J. Nees, B. Hou, A. Maksimchuk, G. Mourou and A. Galvanauskas, "Demonstration of fiber-laser-produced plasma source and application to efficient extreme UV light generation," Opt. Lett. 31, 2517-2519 (2006). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
K. -H. Liao, K. -C. Hou, G. Chang, V. Smirnov, L. Glebov, R. Changkakoti, P. Mamidipudi, and A. Galvanauskas, "Diffraction-Limited 65-µm Core Yb-Doped LMA Fiber Based High Energy Fiber CPA Systems," in Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics/Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference and Photonic Applications Systems Technologies, Technical Digest (CD) (Optical Society of America, 2006), paper CPDB4. [PubMed]
M. Hagedorn, J. Kutzner, G. Tsilimis and H. Zacharias, "High-repetition-rate hard x-ray generation with submillijoule femtosecond laser pulses," Appl. Phys. B 77, 49-57 (2003). [CrossRef]
B. Hou, J. Nees, A. Mordovanakis, M. Wilcox, G. Mourou, L. M. Chen, J.-C. Kieffer, C. C. Chamberlain and A. Krol, "Hard x-ray generation from solids driven by relativistic intensity in the lambda-cubed regime," Appl. Phys. B 83, 81-85 (2006). [CrossRef]
K. -H. Liao, M. -Y. Cheng, E. Flecher, V. I. Smirnov, L. B. Glebov, and A. Galvanauskas, "Large-aperture chirped volume Bragg grating based fiber CPA system," Opt. Express 15, 4876-4882 (2007). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

Appl. Phys. B

M. Hagedorn, J. Kutzner, G. Tsilimis and H. Zacharias, "High-repetition-rate hard x-ray generation with submillijoule femtosecond laser pulses," Appl. Phys. B 77, 49-57 (2003). [CrossRef]
B. Hou, J. Nees, A. Mordovanakis, M. Wilcox, G. Mourou, L. M. Chen, J.-C. Kieffer, C. C. Chamberlain and A. Krol, "Hard x-ray generation from solids driven by relativistic intensity in the lambda-cubed regime," Appl. Phys. B 83, 81-85 (2006). [CrossRef]

J. Appl. Phys.

E. Andersson, G. Hölzer, E. Forster, M. Gratz, L. Kiernan, A. Sjogren, and S. Svanberg, "Coronary angiography using laser plasma sources: X-ray source efficiency and optimization of a bent crystal monochromator," J. Appl. Phys. 90, 3048-3056 (2001). [CrossRef]

Nature (London)

C. Rischel, A. Rousse, I. Uschmann, P. A. Albouy, J. P. Geindre, P. Audebert, J. C. Gauthier, E. Forster, J. L. Martin, and A. Antonetti, "Femtosecond time-resolved X-ray diffraction from laser-heated organic films," Nature (London) 390, 490-492 (1997). [CrossRef]

Opt. Express

K. -H. Liao, M. -Y. Cheng, E. Flecher, V. I. Smirnov, L. B. Glebov, and A. Galvanauskas, "Large-aperture chirped volume Bragg grating based fiber CPA system," Opt. Express 15, 4876-4882 (2007). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

Opt. Lett.

A. Mordovanakis, K.-C. Hou, Y.-C. Chang, M.-Y. Cheng, J. Nees, B. Hou, A. Maksimchuk, G. Mourou and A. Galvanauskas, "Demonstration of fiber-laser-produced plasma source and application to efficient extreme UV light generation," Opt. Lett. 31, 2517-2519 (2006). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

Rev. Sci. Instrum.

R. Toth, J. C. Kieffer, S. Fourmaux, T. Ozaki, and A. Krol, "In-line phase-contrast imaging with a laser-based hard x-ray source," Rev. Sci. Instrum. 76, 083701-0837067 (2005). [CrossRef]

Science

C. W. Siders, A. Cavalleri, K. Sokolowski-Tinten, Cs. Tóth, T. Guo, M. Kammler, M. Horn von Hoegen, K. R. Wilson, D. von der Linde and C. P. J. Barty, "Detection of nonthermal melting by ultrafast x-ray diffraction," Science 286, 1340-1342 (1999). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

Other

K. -H. Liao, K. -C. Hou, G. Chang, V. Smirnov, L. Glebov, R. Changkakoti, P. Mamidipudi, and A. Galvanauskas, "Diffraction-Limited 65-µm Core Yb-Doped LMA Fiber Based High Energy Fiber CPA Systems," in Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics/Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference and Photonic Applications Systems Technologies, Technical Digest (CD) (Optical Society of America, 2006), paper CPDB4. [PubMed]

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