Time-resolved femtosecond x-ray diffraction by an ultra-short pulse produced by a laser

Antoine Rousse (1) , Christian Rischel (2, 3) , S. Fourmaux (1) , I. Uschmann (4) , E Förster (4) , P. Audebert (5) , J.-P. Geindre (5) , J.-C. Gauthier (5) , D. Hulin (1)

1 LOA - Laboratoire d'optique appliquée
2 NBI - Niels Bohr Institute [Copenhagen]
3 Department of Mathematics and Physics
4 X-ray Optics Croup Institute of Optics and Quantum Electronics
5 LULI - Laboratoire pour l'utilisation des lasers intenses

The recent development of ultrafast x-ray sources makes conceivable the analysis of subpicosecond transient structures in physics, biology and chemistry. This paper focuses on the laser-produced plasma technique. Mainly on the basis of the work done at LOA (France), we report the first experiments dedicated to the analysis of subpicosecond atomic motions on this time-scale.

Domains: Optics [physics.optics]

Antoine Rousse, Christian Rischel, S. Fourmaux, I. Uschmann, E Förster, et al.. Time-resolved femtosecond x-ray diffraction by an ultra-short pulse produced by a laser. Measurement Science and Technology, 2001, 12 (11), pp.1841. ⟨10.1088/0957-0233/12/11/312⟩. ⟨hal-00523529⟩