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Lighting up a nest for X-ray emission

Nature Photonics volume 17, pages 129–130 (2023)Cite this article

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Enhancement of laser energy conversion into X-rays is obtained using a target made by entwined carbon nanotubes.

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Fig. 1: A laser-irradiated nest-like target brightly emits X-rays after homogenization.

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  1. CNR, Istituto Nazionale di Ottica (INO), Adriano Gozzini laboratory, Pisa, Italy

    Andrea Macchi & Francesco Pegoraro

  2. Enrico Fermi Department of Physics, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

    Andrea Macchi & Francesco Pegoraro

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Macchi, A., Pegoraro, F. Lighting up a nest for X-ray emission. Nat. Photon. 17, 129–130 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41566-022-01146-0

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