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Article Dans Une Revue Nature Photonics Année : 2012

All-optical Compton gamma-ray source

Kim Ta Phuoc
Sébastien Corde
Cédric Thaury
Victor Malka
Jean-Philippe Goddet
Stéphane Sebban
Antoine Rousse

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One of the major goals of research for laser-plasma accelerators (1) is the realization of compact sources of femtosecond X-rays (2, 3, 4). In particular, using the modest electron energies obtained with existing laser systems, Compton scattering a photon beam off a relativistic electron bunch has been proposed as a source of high-energy and high-brightness photons. However, laser-plasma based approaches to Compton scattering have not, to date, produced X-rays above 1 keV. Here, we present a simple and compact scheme for a Compton source based on the combination of a laser-plasma accelerator and a plasma mirror. This approach is used to produce a broadband spectrum of X-rays extending up to hundreds of keV and with a 10,000-fold increase in brightness over Compton X-ray sources based on conventional accelerators (5, 6). We anticipate that this technique will lead to compact, high-repetition-rate sources of ultrafast (femtosecond), tunable (X- through gamma-ray) and low-divergence (~1°) photons from source sizes on the order of a micrometre.
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hal-01164111 , version 1 (16-07-2015)

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Kim Ta Phuoc, Sébastien Corde, Cédric Thaury, Victor Malka, Amar Tafzi, et al.. All-optical Compton gamma-ray source. Nature Photonics, 2012, 6, pp.308-311. ⟨10.1038/nphoton.2012.82⟩. ⟨hal-01164111⟩
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