Oct 27, 2014 - I. Pomerantz,1,* E. McCary,1 A. R. Meadows,1 A. Arefiev,2 A. C. Bernstein,1 C. Chester,1 J. Cortez,1 M. E. Donovan,1. G. Dyer,1 E. W. Gaul,1 ...
PRL 113, 184801 (2014)
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
week ending 31 OCTOBER 2014
Ultrashort Pulsed Neutron Source I. Pomerantz,1,* E. McCary,1 A. R. Meadows,1 A. Arefiev,2 A. C. Bernstein,1 C. Chester,1 J. Cortez,1 M. E. Donovan,1 G. Dyer,1 E. W. Gaul,1 D. Hamilton,1 D. Kuk,1 A. C. Lestrade,1 C. Wang,1 T. Ditmire,1 and B. M. Hegelich1 1
Center for High Energy Density Science, C1510, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA 2 Institute for Fusion Studies, The University of Texas, Austin, Texas 78712, USA (Received 16 December 2013; published 27 October 2014) We report on a novel compact laser-driven neutron source with an unprecedented short pulse duration (1018 n=cm2 =s), an order of magnitude higher than any existing source. In our experiments, high-energy electron jets are generated from thin (
