Development of soft x-ray lasers at PALS and their applications in dense plasma physics

B. Rus; T. Mocek; M. Kozlová; J. Polan; P. Homer; K. Jakubczak; M. Stupka; G. J. Tallents; M. H. Edwards; N. Booth; Z. Zhai; J. Dunn; A. J. Nelson; M. Fajardo; P. Zeitoun; M. E. Foord; R. L. Shepherd; W. Rozmus; H. A. Baldis; J. Sobota

doi:10.1117/12.734652

12 October 2007 Development of soft x-ray lasers at PALS and their applications in dense plasma physics

B. Rus, T. Mocek, M. Kozlová, J. Polan, P. Homer, K. Jakubczak, M. Stupka, G. J. Tallents, M. H. Edwards, N. Booth, Z. Zhai, J. Dunn, A. J. Nelson, M. Fajardo, P. Zeitoun, M. E. Foord, R. L. Shepherd, W. Rozmus, H. A. Baldis, J. Sobota

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Proceedings Volume 6702, Soft X-Ray Lasers and Applications VII; 67020G (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.734652
Event: Optical Engineering + Applications, 2007, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

We present a review of recent development and applications of soft x-ray lasers, undertaken at the PALS Centre. The applications benefit from up to 10-mJ pulses at the wavelength of 21.2 nm. We describe the pumping regimes used to produce this soft x-ray laser, and outline its emission characteristics. A significant fraction of applications carried out using this device includes probing of dense plasmas produced by IR laser pulses and high-energy-density-in-matter experiments. Results obtained in these experiments are reviewed, including x-ray laser probing of dense plasmas, measurements of transmission of focused soft x-ray radiation at intensities of up to 10¹² Wcm^-2, measurements of IR laser ablation rates of thin foils, and probing high density plasmas by x-ray laser Thomson scattering

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B. Rus, T. Mocek, M. Kozlová, J. Polan, P. Homer, K. Jakubczak, M. Stupka, G. J. Tallents, M. H. Edwards, N. Booth, Z. Zhai, J. Dunn, A. J. Nelson, M. Fajardo, P. Zeitoun, M. E. Foord, R. L. Shepherd, W. Rozmus, H. A. Baldis, and J. Sobota "Development of soft x-ray lasers at PALS and their applications in dense plasma physics", Proc. SPIE 6702, Soft X-Ray Lasers and Applications VII, 67020G (12 October 2007); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.734652

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