title: Picosecond soft-x-ray pulses from a high-intensity laser-plasma source.
abstract: We report time-resolved spectroscopic analysis of laser-produced plasma x-ray sources. Plasmas produced by a 400-fs 1-TW tabletop laser are characterized with a transmission grating spectrometer coupled to a soft-x-ray streak camera. Soft-x-ray radiation in the 1-6-nm range with durations of 2-7 ps is observed for copper and tantalum plasmas. The effect of incident laser energy on the x-ray pulse duration is also investigated.
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Pelletier
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chaker
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Kieffer