Imploding plasma x-ray laser research. Draft final report

Technical Report · Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1984

OSTI ID:6451633

Wong, S; Koppel, L; Burr, L; Rodenburg, R; Fortner, R; Stewart, R; Dietrich, D; Egan, P; Young, B; Dukart, R

The population inversion mechanisms and gain estimates for the Ne-like Kr x-ray laser scheme are discussed. An experimental configuration has been developed which produces stable plasmas with conditions close to the optimum for lasing. By imploding a coaxial argon plasma on an inner krypton plasma (the puff-on-puff configuration), a quiescent krypton center plasma was produced with an electron temperature of about 600 eV and an electron density of about 10/sup 21/ cm/sup -3/. The center plasma was stable and linear, with little evidence of kink instabilities. Nozzle development work was also performed. X-ray measurements of electron temperature and density as well as XUV linewidths are presented. (LEW)

• Research Organization: Physics International Co., San Leandro, CA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC03-81ER10990
• OSTI ID: 6451633
• Report Number(s): DOE/ER/10990-T2; ON: DE85000057
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

42 ENGINEERING
X-RAY LASERS
IMPLOSIONS
ARGON
ELECTRON DENSITY
GAIN
KRYPTON
LINE WIDTHS
NOZZLES
PLASMA
POPULATION INVERSION
TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT
AMPLIFICATION
ELEMENTS
FLUIDS
GASES
LASERS
NONMETALS
RARE GASES
420300* - Engineering- Lasers- (-1989)