Characterization of a plasma produced using a high power laser with a gas puff target for x-ray laser experiments
- Institute of Optoelectronics, Military University of Technology, 01-489 Warsaw 49 (Poland)
A high temperature, high density plasma can be produced by using a nanosecond, high-power laser with a gas puff target. The gas puff target is formed by puffing a small amount of gas from a high-pressure reservoir through a nozzle into a vacuum chamber. In this paper we present the gas puff target specially designed for x-ray laser experiments. The solenoid valve with the nozzle in the form of a slit 0.3-mm wide and up to 40-mm long, allows to form an elongated gas puff suitable for the creation of an x-ray laser active medium by its perpendicular irradiation with the use of a laser beam focused to a line. Preliminary results of the experiments on the laser irradiation of the gas puff targets, produced by the new valve, show that hot plasma suitable for x-ray lasers is created.
- OSTI ID:
- 21153901
- Journal Information:
- AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 332, Issue 1; Conference: 4. international colloquium: X-ray lasers 1994, Williamsburg, VA (United States), 15-20 May 1994; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.47986; (c) 1994 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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