Abstract
High intensity lasers (>1 x 1018 W/cm2) interacting with a plasma can accelerate a spectrum of electrons whose temperature can be several mega-electron volts. It has been shown experimentally that the efficiency of laser energy into this electron population is on the order of 10s of percent. There are many potential applications of laser driven sources including the acceleration of protons from a mechanism known as Target-Normal-Sheath-Acceleration and the subsequent generation of neutrons. One application is x-ray radiography. If the populations of MeV electrons are accelerated into a high-Z converter, MeV x-rays can be generated via bremsstrahlung [1].
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