• Characteristics of a multi-keV monochromatic point x-ray source based on vacuum diode with laser-produced plasma as cathode

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      Multi-keV x-ray source; vacuum x-ray diode; laser plasma cathode

    • Abstract

       

      Temporal, spatial and spectral characteristics of a multi-keV monochromatic point x-ray source based on vacuum diode with laser-produced plasma as cathode are presented. Electrons from a laser-produced aluminium plasma were accelerated towards a conical point tip titanium anode to generate K-shell x-ray radiation. Approximately 1010 photons/pulse were generated in x-ray pulses of ∼18 to ∼28 ns duration from a source of ∼300 μm diameter, at = 4.51 keV (Kα emission of titanium), with a brightness of ∼1020 photons/cm2/s/sr. This was sufficient to record single-shot x-ray radiographs of physical objects on a DEF-5 x-ray film kept at a distance of up to ∼10 cm.

    • Author Affiliations

       

      A Moorti1 M Raghuramaiah1 P A Naik1 P D Gupta1

      1. Laser Plasma Division, Centre for Advanced Technology, Indore - 452 013, India
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  • Pramana – Journal of Physics | News

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