The X-ray laser as a tool for imaging plasmas

Author

Libby, S.B. ; Silva, L. B Da ; Barbee, T.W., Jr. ; Cauble, R. ; Celliers, P. ; Lee, H.R. ; London, R.A. ; Matthews, D.L. ; Mrowka, S. ; Moreno, J.C. ; Ress, D. ; Trebes, J.E. ; Wan, A. ; Weber, F. ; Van Wonterghem, B.

Author_Institution

Lawrence Livermore Nat. Lab., California Univ., Livermore, CA, USA

Volume

1

fYear

1994

fDate

31 Oct-3 Nov 1994

Firstpage

291

Abstract

The X-ray laser is being used at LLNL as a tool for measuring the behaviors of hot dense plasmas. In particular, we have used the 155 Å Yttrium laser to study transient plasmas by both radiography and Moire deflectometry. These techniques have been used to probe plasma at electron densities exceeding 10²² cm^-3. The short pulse of this X-ray laser probe has made it possible to directly image ion densities in directly driven thin foils to an accuracy of 1-2 μm. In addition, we are constructing an X-ray laser interferometer using multilayer beamsplitters. If successful, this will lead to μm spatial resolution measurements of electron densities in plasmas

Keywords

plasma diagnostics; 155 angstrom; Moire deflectometry; X-ray imaging; X-ray laser interferometry; Y; electron densities; hot dense plasmas; ion densities; multilayer beamsplitters; pulsed X-ray laser; radiography; spatial resolution; thin foils; transient plasmas; yttrium laser; Electrons; Optical imaging; Plasma density; Plasma measurements; Plasma x-ray sources; Probes; Radiography; X-ray imaging; X-ray lasers; Yttrium;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting, 1994. LEOS '94 Conference Proceedings. IEEE

Conference_Location

Boston, MA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1470-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LEOS.1994.587008

Filename

587008