X-ray laser emission from a laser-irradiated gas puff target

• Autorzy: Fiedorowicz H. , Bartnik A.
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

The paper describes the research on soft X-ray lasers with an active medium created using a gas puff target irradiated with high-intensity laser pulses. The gas puff target in a form of an elongated gas sheet is produced by pulsed injection of gas through a slit nozzle using a high-pressure electromagnetic valve. The method of generation of soft X-ray lasers using a laser-irradiated gas puff target has been developed at the Institute of Optoelectronics. The collaborative experiments were performed at various laser laboratories using high-intensity laser systems to irradiate the gas puff target and pump the X-ray laser active medium. Results of these experiments are presented and discussed. Works aimed at increasing the efficiency of X-ray lasers using a longitudinally irradiated gas puff target are also reviewed.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

X-ray lasers; laser-produced plasmas; X-ray optics; gas puff target

• Wydawca: Polska Akademia Nauk, Wydział IV Nauk Technicznych
• Czasopismo: Bulletin of the Polish Academy of Sciences. Technical Sciences
• Rocznik: 2005
• Tom: Vol. 53, nr 2
• Strony: 103--111
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 63 poz., 8 rys.

Twórcy

autor

Fiedorowicz H.

autor

Bartnik A.

• Institute of Optoelectronics, Military University of Technology, 2 Kaliskiego Str., 00-908 Warsaw, Poland.,

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