A Z-pinch neonlike X-ray laser

Journal Article · Sat Oct 01 04:00:00 EDT 1988 · IEEE Trans. Plasma Sci.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1109/27.8954· OSTI ID:6391982

Davis, J; Clark, R; Apruzese, J P; Kepple, P C ^[1]

---

1. Plasma Radiation Branch of the Naval Research Lab., Washington, DC (US)

A scheme employing neonlike krypton ions is under intensive theoretical and experimental investigation to determine the feasibility of developing a pulsed power-driven laboratory X-ray laser. The scheme depends on discharging hundreds of kilojoules of electrical energy through coaxial cylindrical krypton gas puffs, generating a dense, hot, uniform, homogeneous, and highly ionized krypton plasma. Near the interface between the two interacting plasmas, and along the axis, conditions appear to be conducive to the establishment of a population inversion with the subsequent emission of coherent soft X-ray with measurable gain. The theory, analysis, and numerical simulations are based on a fully coupled, self-consistent, one-dimensional non-LTE radiation hydrodynamics model (including the effects of opacity and radiation transport). The multilevel ionization dynamics is evaluated in the collisional radiative equilibrium (CRE) approximation for the manifold of both ground and excited states distributed throughout the various stages of ionization.

• OSTI ID: 6391982
• Journal Information: IEEE Trans. Plasma Sci.; (United States), Journal Name: IEEE Trans. Plasma Sci.; (United States) Vol. 16:5; ISSN ITPSB
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
700108 -- Fusion Energy-- Plasma Research-- Wave Phenomena
700208* -- Fusion Power Plant Technology-- Inertial Confinement Technology
AMPLIFICATION
CHARGED PARTICLES
COHERENT RADIATION
DATA
DESIGN
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
ELEMENTS
EMISSION
EXPERIMENT PLANNING
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
FEASIBILITY STUDIES
FLUIDS
GAIN
GASES
HYDRODYNAMIC MODEL
IMPLOSIONS
INFORMATION
ION SOURCES
IONS
KRYPTON IONS
LASER IMPLOSIONS
LASER-PRODUCED PLASMA
LASERS
LINEAR PINCH DEVICES
LINEAR Z PINCH DEVICES
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
NEON
NONMETALS
NUMERICAL DATA
OPEN PLASMA DEVICES
PARTICLE MODELS
PINCH DEVICES
PLANNING
PLASMA
RADIATIONS
RARE GASES
SHOCK WAVES
STATISTICAL MODELS
THEORETICAL DATA
THERMODYNAMIC MODEL
THERMONUCLEAR DEVICES
X-RAY LASERS