Abstract
The development of keV X-ray lasers based on inner-shell atomic transitions1-4 requires extremely fast energy deposition on a target in order to effectively compete with the inherently fast (0.1-20 fs) atomic decay processes. The duration of ultrahigh peak power laser systems is now reaching this timescale.3,5 In principle, these systems can be used to produce sufficient duration and energy X-rays or electrons for pumping inner-shell transitions.
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