Abstract
An effective x-ray optical method to focus keV x-ray pulses shorter than one picosecond by using spherically or toroidally bent crystals is presented. The spectral, spatial, and time-dependent properties of focusing by two-dimensional bent crystals are calculated by considering geometrical effects, physical limitation in high performance crystal optics, and reflectivities obtained by x-ray diffraction theory. These properties are compared with first experimental results of focusing x rays from a plasma created by a laser pulse with 4.5 mJ energy and 100 fs pulse length. The x-ray signals, simultaneously obtained from a von Hámos spectrometer and two-dimensional bent crystals are compared and found in good agreement with theoretical data. The possibilities and aspects of laser pump x-ray probe experiments using this type of x-ray optics system and currently available laser systems are discussed.
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