Title :
High resolution imaging of a dense plasma with a table-top soft X-ray laser
Author :
Rocca, J.J. ; Moreno, C.H. ; Marconi, M.C. ; Shlyaptsev, V.N. ; Macchietto, C.D.
Author_Institution :
Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO, USA
Abstract :
We report the results of the first plasma diagnostics experiment conducted utilizing a Y+ Ne-like table-top soft X-ray laser. The evolution of the plasma of a micro-capillary discharge was studied using a very compact 46.9 nm discharge pumped table-top soft X-ray laser as backlighter
Keywords :
X-ray imaging; X-ray lasers; ion lasers; measurement by laser beam; plasma density; plasma diagnostics; 46.9 nm; Y; Y+ Ne-like table-top soft X-ray laser; backlighter; dense plasma; high resolution imaging; micro-capillary discharge; nm discharge pumped table-top soft X-ray laser; plasma diagnostics experiment; table-top soft X-ray laser; High-resolution imaging; Laser excitation; Plasma density; Plasma diagnostics; Plasma materials processing; Plasma waves; Plasma x-ray sources; Pump lasers; X-ray imaging; X-ray lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting, 1998. LEOS '98. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Orlando, FL
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4947-4
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.1998.737724
