New Methods in Development of X-Ray Optics for Plasma Diagnostics of Laser - Produced Plasma

X-ray plasma diagnostics

Results and methods are given for the investigation of hot laboratory and astrophysical plasmas parameters in a soft X-ray region 1 = 1-40 A. Line spectra of multiply charged ions are usually studied exper~mentally, and relative Intensities of spectral lines are measured. Achievements of modern physics of electronion collisions and theoretical spectroscopy make it possible to obtain for transie...

Brilliance Improvement of a Laser-Produced Soft X-Ray Plasma

The brilliance of a laser-produced soft X-ray source is enhanced for gaseous target concepts. In contrast to solid or liquid target materials, these sources are clean and versatile but provide a comparably low conversion efficiency of laser energy into EUV and soft X-ray radiation. The basic idea is to induce supersonic effects in the gas jet, leading to a local increase of the particle density...

Development of a time-resolved soft x-ray spectrometer for laser produced plasma experiments.

A 2400 lines/mm variable-spaced grating spectrometer has been used to measure soft x-ray emission (8-22 Å) from laser-produced plasma experiments at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory's Compact Multipulse Terrawatt (COMET) Laser Facility. The spectrometer was coupled to a Kentech x-ray streak camera to study the temporal evolution of soft x rays emitted from the back of the Mylar and the co...

X-ray Emission Spectra from Laser-produced Cobalt Plasma

Laser-produced MeV electrons and hard X-ray spectroscopic diagnostics

A new spectroscopic technique for the measurement of the sizes of hard X-ray sources produced by the irradiation of solid-density targets by intense laser radiation is discussed. The technique is based on the source broadening of K shell spectral lines from targets irradiated by intense picosecond laser pulses. The spectra are recorded by a modified Cauchois type spectrometer, where the detecto...