Advances in dense-plasma interferometry with a tabletop capillary discharge soft x-ray laser

Ela Jankowska; Eric Hammarsten; Jorge Filevich Chamatropulos; Mario C. Marconi; Jorge J. G. Rocca; Stephen J. Moon; Vyacheslav N. Shlyaptsev

doi:10.1117/12.450594

12 December 2001 Advances in dense-plasma interferometry with a tabletop capillary discharge soft x-ray laser

Ela Jankowska, Eric Hammarsten, Jorge Filevich Chamatropulos, Mario C. Marconi, Jorge J. G. Rocca, Stephen J. Moon, Vyacheslav N. Shlyaptsev

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Proceedings Volume 4505, Soft X-Ray Lasers and Applications IV; (2001) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.450594
Event: International Symposium on Optical Science and Technology, 2001, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

We report an extension of previous tabletop soft x-ray laser interferometry work to plasma densities approaching the critical density. The evolution of line-focus and spot-focus plasmas created with Nd-YAG laser intensities of 0.1 and 7.0 TW/cm² respectively were studied utilizing a 46.9-nm capillary discharge laser with a diffraction grating interferometer. In the latter case, the electron density was mapped to values up to 0.9x10²¹ cm^-3 (90% of the critical density for the lambda equals 1.06 micrometers pump laser). The interferograms show the development of concave electron density profiles with a minimum on axis and pronounced side lobes. Hydrodynamic model simulations show that the concave profile is the result of the hydrodynamic and radiation effects that enlarge the ablated target area. The measurements exemplify how soft x-ray lasers can be used to probe high density plasmas for the validation of hydrodynamic codes.

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Ela Jankowska, Eric Hammarsten, Jorge Filevich Chamatropulos, Mario C. Marconi, Jorge J. G. Rocca, Stephen J. Moon, and Vyacheslav N. Shlyaptsev "Advances in dense-plasma interferometry with a tabletop capillary discharge soft x-ray laser", Proc. SPIE 4505, Soft X-Ray Lasers and Applications IV, (12 December 2001); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.450594

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