Abstract
Plasmas were generated by 400 fs KrF laser pulses at intensities of \ensuremath{\sim}${10}^{17}$ W ${\mathrm{cm}}^{\mathrm{\ensuremath{-}}2}$ on aluminum targets. Reflectivity and x-ray emission were measured as a function of laser polarization, angle of incidence, and intensity. For the same absorbed intensity, p-polarized laser light is up to a factor of 5 more efficient in generating x rays (>0.5 keV) than s-polarized light. These results show the importance of an additional absorption process, besides collisional absorption, for short scale length plasmas that is effective for p-polarized light only and has the characteristics of resonance absorption.
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