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Generation of coherent x-ray radiation with plasmas at relativistic intensities is a promising approach which can be scaled to shorter wavelengths without being limited by ionization as in atomic harmonics and plasma x-ray lasers. Here we report experimental results of the two approaches: frequency up-shifting with a relativistic flying mirror and high order harmonic generation in underdense relativistic plasma. Although investigations are in initial stages, both approaches are promising for generating bright x-ray radiation in the xuv to x-ray regions.
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Kato, Y. et al. (2011). Generation of Coherent X-Ray Radiation with Relativistic Nonlinear Processes. In: Lee, J., Nam, C.H., Janulewicz, K.A. (eds) X-Ray Lasers 2010. Springer Proceedings in Physics, vol 136. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-1186-0_19
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