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

S. Svanberg; S. Andersson-Engels; R. Cubeddu; E. Förster; M. Grätz; K. Herrlin; G. Hölzer; L. Kiernan; C. Af Klinteberg; A. Persson; A. Pifferi; A. Sjögren; C. G. Wahlström

doi:10.1017/S0263034600183302

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

S. Svanberg
, S. Andersson-Engels
, R. Cubeddu
, E. Förster
, M. Grätz
, K. Herrlin
, G. Hölzer
, L. Kiernan
, C. Af Klinteberg
, A. Persson
, A. Pifferi
, A. Sjögren
, C. G. Wahlström

Lund University
Polytechnic University of Milan
Friedrich Schiller University Jena

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	563-570
Number of pages	8
Journal	Laser and Particle Beams
Volume	18
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/S0263034600183302
Publication status	Published - 2000
Externally published	Yes

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Svanberg, S., Andersson-Engels, S., Cubeddu, R., Förster, E., Grätz, M., Herrlin, K., Hölzer, G., Kiernan, L., Af Klinteberg, C., Persson, A., Pifferi, A., Sjögren, A., & Wahlström, C. G. (2000). Generation, characterization, and medical utilization of laser-produced emission continua. Laser and Particle Beams, 18(3), 563-570. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0263034600183302

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