We report here some observations and preliminary findings from a study focussed on the vacuum-UV (λ, 40-60 nm) radiation emitted during the interaction of 150 ps laser pulses (100-400 mJ) with copper pre-plasmas formed by an electro-optically synchronised (0.1 - 0.8 J, 8 ns) long pulse laser. We have observed significant gains in VUV flux that scale with inter-laser delay. We also report preliminary observations on total X-ray emission from the interaction of a superintense 80 fs, 200 mJ laser pulse at the UK ASTRA laser facility with a similar pre-plasma at irradiances approaching 1019 W/cm2
Time-integrated, spatially resolved emission spectroscopy, in the deep vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) region (40-160 nm), of laser-produced plasmas has been employed for the quantitative characterization of the carbon content in solid steel target materials; the samples under study contained carbon concentrations in the 0.001-1.32% range. Six prominent VUV carbon spectral lines, representing three different ionization stages, were selected and proved to be spectral-interference free. Several experimental parameters and conditions such as the focusing lens type, laser power density, background atmospheres and pressure were optimized, leading to an unprecedented lower limit of detection, for carbon in solid steel alloys, of 1.2 ppm (parts per million) obtained with the 97.70 nm CIII spectral line. Furthermore, the spectroscopic evaluation of the steel plasma physical parameters is briefly presented.
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