Generation of femtosecond X-ray pulses via Thomson scattering of terawatt IR laser pulses with relativistic electrons

摘要

Summary form only given. Generating femtosecond X-ray pulses via Thomson scattering of ultrashort laser pulses with relativistic electrons has a number of attractive advantages over other approaches. The duration of the generated X-rays is determined by the focal spot of the electron beam and the optical pulse duration. Thus generation of X-ray pulses of <100 fs duration is relatively straightforward.