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In this paper, we report on the development of a plasma betatron X-ray source for active diagnostics of various plasma physics and high energy density physics experiments in the Plasma Physics Platform (P3) at ELI Beamlines. This X-ray source will deliver ultrashort X-ray pulses with photon energies ranging from a few keV up to 100’s of keV with over 109 photons per pulse with a rep. rate up to 10 Hz. The driver laser for betatron source is a Ti:sapphire diode-pumped HAPLS laser system [1] that can deliver up to 30 J of energy in less than 30 femtosecond, at a maximum repetition rate of 10 Hz.
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Supported by the project Advanced research using high-intensity laser-produced photons and particles (CZ.02.1.01/0.0/0.0/16_019/0000789) from European Regional Development Fund (ADONIS). The results of the Project LQ1606 were obtained with the financial support of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports as part of targeted support from the National Programme of Sustainability II. The results of the Project LM2015083 were obtained with the financial support of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports within targeted support of Large infrastructures.
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Chaulagain, U. et al. (2020). LWFA-Driven Betatron Source for Plasma Physics Platform at ELI Beamlines. In: Kozlová, M., Nejdl, J. (eds) X-Ray Lasers 2018. ICXRL 2018. Springer Proceedings in Physics, vol 241. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-35453-4_18
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