Role of surface roughness in hard-x-ray emission from femtosecond-laser-produced copper plasmas

Rajeev, P. P. ; Banerjee, S. ; Sandhu, A. S. ; Issac, R. C. ; Tribedi, L. C. ; Kumar, G. R. (2002) Role of surface roughness in hard-x-ray emission from femtosecond-laser-produced copper plasmas Physical Review A, 65 (5). 052903_1-052903_5. ISSN 1050-2947

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Abstract

Hard x-ray emission in the energy range of 30-300 keV from copper plasmas produced by 100-fs, 806-nm laser pulses at intensities in the range of 1015-1016 W cm-2 is investigated. We demonstrate that surface roughness of the targets overrides the role of polarization state in the coupling of light to the plasma. We further show that surface roughness has a significant role in enhancing the x-ray emission in the above mentioned energy range.

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