Saturable absorption of an x-ray free-electron-laser heated solid-density aluminum plasma.
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High-intensity x-ray pulses from an x-ray free-electron laser are used to heat and probe a solid-density aluminum sample. The photon-energy-dependent transmission of the heating beam is studied through the use of a photodiode. Saturable absorption is observed, with the resulting transmission differing significantly from the cold case, in good agreement with atomic-kinetics simulations.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Physical review letters
دوره 114 1 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2015