Metal nanoplasmas as bright sources of hard x-ray pulses
P. P. Rajeev, P. Taneja, P. Ayyub, A. S. Sandhu, G. R. Kumar
Abstract
We demonstrate a 13-fold increase in hard x-ray bremsstrahlung (10 - 200 keV) emitted by a copper plasma created by 100 fs, 806 nm pulses at 1014-1015 Wcm-2. This enhancement is achieved by roughening the target surface with copper nanoparticles of ~15 nm size. A simple model that invokes local field modifications by surface plasmon excitation and `lightning rod' effects explains the observed enhancement quantitatively and provides pointers to the design of structured surfaces for maximizing the emission.
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