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Generation, characterization, and medical utilization of laser-produced emission continua

Svanberg, Sune LU ; Andersson-Engels, Stefan LU ; Cubeddu, R ; Forster, E ; Gratz, M ; Herrlin, K ; Holzer, G ; Kiernan, L ; Af Klinteberg, C and Persson, Anders LU , et al. (2000) In Laser and Particle Beams 18(3). p.563-570
Abstract
Intense continua of electromagnetic radiation of very brief duration are formed in the interaction of focused ultra-short terawatt laser pulses with matter. Two different kinds of experiments, which have been performed utilizing the Lund 10 Hz titanium-doped sapphire terawatt laser system are being described, where visible radiation and X-rays, respectively, have been generated. Focusing into water leads to the generation of a light continuum through self-phase modulation. The propagation of the light through tissue was studied addressing questions related to optical mammography and specific chromophore absorption. When terawatt laser pulses are focused onto a solid target with high nuclear charge Z, intense X-ray radiation of few ps... (More)
Intense continua of electromagnetic radiation of very brief duration are formed in the interaction of focused ultra-short terawatt laser pulses with matter. Two different kinds of experiments, which have been performed utilizing the Lund 10 Hz titanium-doped sapphire terawatt laser system are being described, where visible radiation and X-rays, respectively, have been generated. Focusing into water leads to the generation of a light continuum through self-phase modulation. The propagation of the light through tissue was studied addressing questions related to optical mammography and specific chromophore absorption. When terawatt laser pulses are focused onto a solid target with high nuclear charge Z, intense X-ray radiation of few ps duration and with energies exceeding hundreds of keV is emitted. Biomedical applications of this radiation are described, including differential absorption and gated-viewing imaging. (Less)
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Laser and Particle Beams
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18
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3
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563 - 570
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Cambridge University Press
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ISSN
0263-0346
DOI
10.1017/S0263034600183302
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English
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  abstract     = {{Intense continua of electromagnetic radiation of very brief duration are formed in the interaction of focused ultra-short terawatt laser pulses with matter. Two different kinds of experiments, which have been performed utilizing the Lund 10 Hz titanium-doped sapphire terawatt laser system are being described, where visible radiation and X-rays, respectively, have been generated. Focusing into water leads to the generation of a light continuum through self-phase modulation. The propagation of the light through tissue was studied addressing questions related to optical mammography and specific chromophore absorption. When terawatt laser pulses are focused onto a solid target with high nuclear charge Z, intense X-ray radiation of few ps duration and with energies exceeding hundreds of keV is emitted. Biomedical applications of this radiation are described, including differential absorption and gated-viewing imaging.}},
  author       = {{Svanberg, Sune and Andersson-Engels, Stefan and Cubeddu, R and Forster, E and Gratz, M and Herrlin, K and Holzer, G and Kiernan, L and Af Klinteberg, C and Persson, Anders and Pifferi, A and Sjogren, A and Wahlström, Claes-Göran}},
  issn         = {{0263-0346}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{3}},
  pages        = {{563--570}},
  publisher    = {{Cambridge University Press}},
  series       = {{Laser and Particle Beams}},
  title        = {{Generation, characterization, and medical utilization of laser-produced emission continua}},
  url          = {{https://lup.lub.lu.se/search/files/5280588/2297120.pdf}},
  doi          = {{10.1017/S0263034600183302}},
  volume       = {{18}},
  year         = {{2000}},
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