Space-resolved K$\alpha $ emission measurement of warm dense titanium targets irradiated by intense laser pulses

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Abstract

Measurements of characteristic inner-shell K$\alpha $ emission have been widely used and reliable spectroscopic plasma diagnostics. Intense laser-plasma interactions on the solid target generate multiple electron distributions, i.e. hot relativistic and low energy bulk electrons. The bulk electrons create warm dense (10 \textasciitilde 100 eV and solid density) conditions in titanium foil and induce the shifts of K$\alpha $ emission spectra by creating M-shell vacancies. Therefore, modified K$\alpha $ emission spectra can be served as a bulk electron temperature. In this contribution, we present the titanium K$\alpha $ imaging spectroscopy experiment using a toroidally bent crystal, and the K-shell emission spectrum simulations using the collisional-radiative code SCFLY, for various bulk electron temperatures. The spatial distribution of electron temperature in the titanium foil which is irradiated by an intense laser pulse could be obtained, and possible electron transport mechanism will be discussed.

*This work was supported by NRF of Korea (No. NRF-2016R1A2B4009631 and NRF-2016H1A2A1909533), and the TBP research project of GIST.

Authors

  • Leejin Bae

    • Gwangju Inst of Sci & Tech
  • Minsang Cho

    • Gwangju Inst of Sci & Tech
  • Gyeongbo Kang

    • Gwangju Inst of Sci & Tech
  • Minju Kim

    • Gwangju Inst of Sci & Tech
  • Young Hoon Kim

    • Gwangju Inst of Sci & Tech
  • Jong-won Lee

    • Gwangju Inst of Sci & Tech
  • Byoung-ick Cho

    • Department of Physics and Photon Science, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), Gwangju, 61005
    • Gwangju Inst of Sci & Tech
  • Ulf Zastrau

    • European XFEL, Albert-Einstein-Ring