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PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
Volume 113, Issue 18, Pages -Publisher
AMER PHYSICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.113.184801
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- NNSA [DE-NA0002008]
- DARPA [W31P4Q13C0221]
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We report on a novel compact laser-driven neutron source with an unprecedented short pulse duration (<50 ps) and high peak flux (>10(18) n/cm(2)/s), an order of magnitude higher than any existing source. In our experiments, high-energy electron jets are generated from thin (<3 mu m) plastic targets irradiated by a petawatt laser. These intense electron beams are employed to generate neutrons from a metal converter. Our method opens venues for enhancing neutron radiography contrast and for creating astrophysical conditions of heavy element synthesis in the laboratory.
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