Experimental Studies Of New Geometries For X-Ray Laser Experiments

T. Boehly; P. Audebert; D. Shvarts; B. Yaakobi; B. Boswell; D. Bradley; R. S. Craxton; R. Epstein; M. C. Richardson; J. M. Soures

doi:10.1117/12.965053

4 February 1988 Experimental Studies Of New Geometries For X-Ray Laser Experiments

T. Boehly, P. Audebert, D. Shvarts, B. Yaakobi, B. Boswell, D. Bradley, R. S. Craxton, R. Epstein, M. C. Richardson, J. M. Soures

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Proceedings Volume 0831, X-Rays from Laser Plasmas; (1988) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.965053
Event: 31st Annual Technical Symposium on Optical and Optoelectronic Applied Sciences and Engineering, 1987, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

The new geometries for x-ray laser targets described in the preceding paper were experimentally examined at the Laboratory for Laser Energetics. These target are proposed as improvements on the single foil geometry used for x-ray laser generation at other laboratories.1-5 We describe a series of experiments which were aimed at measuring the spatial density profile of Ne-like nickel plasmas produced by double-foil targets. The initial experiments utilized a 1.5 mm line focus which was of sufficient length for studying the hydrodynamic behavior of the proposed new geometries. Results of experiments, using a 1-cm line-focus, which indicate gain in these targets are also presented. In all cases the target material was nickel.

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T. Boehly, P. Audebert, D. Shvarts, B. Yaakobi, B. Boswell, D. Bradley, R. S. Craxton, R. Epstein, M. C. Richardson, and J. M. Soures "Experimental Studies Of New Geometries For X-Ray Laser Experiments", Proc. SPIE 0831, X-Rays from Laser Plasmas, (4 February 1988); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.965053

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