简介：Radiationsimulationutilizingplasmaradiationsources(PRS)generatesalargenumberofundesirabledebris,whichmaydamagetheexpensivediagnosingdetectors.Anultrafastshutter(UFS)drivenbypulsedhighcurrentcanerectaphysicalbarriertotheslowlymovingdebrisafterallowingthepassageofX-rayphotons.TheUFSconsistsofapairofthinmetalfoilstwistingtheparallelaxesinaNyloncassette,compressedwithanoutermagneticfield,generatedfromafastcapacitorbank,dischargingintoasingleturnloop.Atypicalcapacitorbankisof7.5μFchargingvoltagesvaryingfrom30kVto45kV,withcorrespondingcurrentsofapproximately90kAto140kAanddischargingcurrentperiodsofapproximately13.1μs.Ashutterclosingtimeasfastas38microsecondshasbeenobtainedwithanaluminiumfoilthicknessof100micrometersandacross-sectionalareaof15mmby20mm.Thedesign,constructionandtheexpressionsofthevalve-closingtimeoftheUFSarepresentedalongwiththemeasuredresultsofvalve-closingvelocities.

简介：Inourpreviouswork,aplasmaapproachforsingleattosecondpulse(AP)generationwasproposed.Afew-cyclerelativisticcircularlypolarizedlaserpulsewillinduceasingledrasticoscillationofplasmaboundary,fromwhichhigh-orderharmonicsandfurthermoreanultra-intensesingleAPcanbegeneratednaturallyafteritisreflected.Analyticalmodelandsimulationsbothdemonstratethattheprocessismostlyefficientasthepulsedurationisclosetotheplasmarespondingtime.Theeffectsofplasmadensityrampareanalyzedhere,suggestingthattheproposalisstillquiteefficientwithappropriatedensitygradientintheramp.Atlast,acombinedapproachisemployedtoobtainsingleAPwith30fsincidentlaser.Therelativelylarge-durationpulseisfirstlyshortenedbyadensitydroppingthinfoil,andthenreflectedfromanoverdenseplasmatarget.One-dimensionalsimulationshowsthata600assinglelightpulseisgeneratedwithpeakintensityof3×1020W/cm2.