Progress In Pulsed Power Discharge Driven X-Ray Laser Research

M. K. Matzen; R. J. Dukart; B. A. Hammel; D. L. Hanson; W. W. Hsing; T. W. Hussey; E. J. McGuire; M. A. Palmer; R. B. Spielman

doi:10.1117/12.964823

9 April 1987 Progress In Pulsed Power Discharge Driven X-Ray Laser Research

M. K. Matzen, R. J. Dukart, B. A. Hammel, D. L. Hanson, W. W. Hsing, T. W. Hussey, E. J. McGuire, M. A. Palmer, R. B. Spielman

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Proceedings Volume 0688, Multilayer Structures & Laboratory X-Ray Laser Research; (1987) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.964823
Event: 30th Annual Technical Symposium, 1986, San Diego, United States

Abstract

In experiments performed during the past two years on Proto II (a 10-TW pulsed-power accelerator), we imploded annular plasmas onto thin-walled annular x-ray laser targets in order to create both a radiation pump source and an x-ray laser medium. For x-ray lasing the Z-pinch must be axially uniform, must efficiently produce the pump radiation, yet not destroy the laser medium on the cylindrical axis of symmetry until after the x-ray laser pulse. To characterize the pump source x-rays and lasant conditions, we regularly field a large number of x-ray diagnostics. In recent experiments, we produced over 15 kJ of >1-keV pump radiation with an imploding neon gas-puff load, recorded spectra from the pump source and lasant, and measured the axial pump source asymmetry. We are considering both recombination and resonance-pumped x-ray laser schemes.

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M. K. Matzen, R. J. Dukart, B. A. Hammel, D. L. Hanson, W. W. Hsing, T. W. Hussey, E. J. McGuire, M. A. Palmer, and R. B. Spielman "Progress In Pulsed Power Discharge Driven X-Ray Laser Research", Proc. SPIE 0688, Multilayer Structures & Laboratory X-Ray Laser Research, (9 April 1987); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.964823

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