X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy Of Thin Foils Irradiated By An Ultra-short Laser Pulse
- Departement de Physique Theorique et Appliquee, Centre DAM Ile-de-France, BP12, 91680 Bruyeres-le-Chatel Cedex (France)
- Laboratoire pour l'Utilisation des Lasers Intenses, UMR 7605, CNRS-CEA-Universite Paris VI-Ecole Polytechnique, 91128 Palaiseau (France)
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, University of California, Livermore, CA 94550 (United States)
Point-projection K-shell absorption spectroscopy has been used to measure absorption spectra of transient plasma created by an ultra-short laser pulse. The 1s-2p and 1s-3p absorption lines of weakly ionized aluminum and the 2p-3d absorption lines of bromine were measured over an extended range of densities in a low-temperature regime. Independent plasma characterization was obtained using frequency domain interferometry diagnostic (FDI) that allows the interpretation of the absorption spectra in terms of spectral opacities. Assuming local thermodynamic equilibrium, spectral opacity calculations have been performed using the density and temperature inferred from the FDI diagnostic to compare to the measured absorption spectra. A good agreement is obtained when non-equilibrium effects due to non-stationary atomic physics are negligible at the x-ray probe time.
- OSTI ID:
- 21067345
- Journal Information:
- AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 926, Issue 1; Conference: 15. international conference on atomic processes in plasmas, Gaithersburg, MD (United States), 19-22 Mar 2007; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.2768829; (c) 2007 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0094-243X
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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