Space- and time-resolved McPIGs for multiterawatt Z -pinch spectroscopy

Journal Article · Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 1990 · Review of Scientific Instruments; (USA)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1141838· OSTI ID:6352041

Nash, T; Deeney, C; LePell, P D; Prasad, R ^[1]; Krishnan, M ^[2]

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1. Physics International Company, San Leandro, CA (USA)
2. Science Research Laboratories, Alameda, CA (USA)

A microchannel plate intensified grazing incidence spectrometer (McPIGs) produces three spatially resolved 10 ns time frames of XUV spectra emitted by multiterawatt {ital Z} pinches. As {ital Z} pinches are copious radiators at these wavelengths, the McPIGs is well suited to diagnose these plasmas. Data obtained in the course of research on plasma radiation sources and x-ray lasers will be presented, where the time-resolved spectra are radially resolved to give radial line profiles and to measure Doppler splitting as a velocity diagnostic.

• OSTI ID: 6352041
• Journal Information: Review of Scientific Instruments; (USA), Journal Name: Review of Scientific Instruments; (USA) Vol. 61:10; ISSN RSINA; ISSN 0034-6748
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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LASERS
LINEAR PINCH DEVICES
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X-RAY LASERS
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