Ultrahigh Intensity Laser—Matter Interaction Studies at RRCAT, Indore
Abstract
The Laser Plasma Division of the Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced Technology (RRCAT), Indore has been engaged in research and development activities on laser plasma interaction using a 10 TW, 45 fs, Ti:sapphire laser and a variety of in‐house developed diagnostic systems for ultrashort laser pulses, plasma, and x‐ray radiation. Our recent studies include high order harmonic generation and optimization, laser driven electron acceleration, enhancement of x‐ray yield in the water‐window spectral region, ultrashort high brightness K‐α x‐ray generation, and MeV energy bremsstrahlung radiation. This paper briefly describes these studies and the important results obtained.