Abstract
The K-shell X-ray emission of argon clusters irradiated by 1017 Wcm−2 laser pulses was spectrally resolved and investigated as a function of different laser and cluster parameters. A special effort was first realized in order to control the laser focusing into the cluster jet and the temporal laser pulse contrast which both were observed to have a drastic influence on the X-ray emission. Cluster mean radius was then varied from 200 to 350 Å as well as the laser pulse duration from 30 fs to 3.5 ps (FWHM). The X-ray emission was observed to reach a maximal value for a given laser pulse duration (typically a few times 100 fs), increasing with the cluster mean radius. These observations can be understood in terms of density resonance effect. The X-ray emission duration was also investigated above 3 keV with a streak camera (resolution about 1 ps (FWHM) at 1 kHz). This duration was observed to be close to 3.5 ps (FWHM) at the optimal X-ray emission.
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