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Z scaling of collisional Ne-like X-ray lasers using exploding foils: Refraction effects

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2009

S. Jacquemot and
A. Decoster
S. Jacquemot
Affiliation:
Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique, Centre d'Etudes de Limeil-Valenton, BP 27, F94195 Villeneuve-Saint-Georges Cedex, France
A. Decoster
Affiliation:
Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique, Centre d'Etudes de Limeil-Valenton, BP 27, F94195 Villeneuve-Saint-Georges Cedex, France
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Abstract

Neonlike ions have long been recognized as candidates for producing soft-X-ray lasers along 1s22s22p53p → 1s22s22p53s transitions. A series of experiments using exploding-foil targets driven by high-power lasers was performed at CEL-V and LLNL, and demonstrated amplified spontaneous emission in germanium, selenium, strontium, and molybdenum. We present here simulations of these experiments and discuss the importance of refraction effects on the propagation of the lasing X-rays and on the scaling of this scheme to shorter wavelengths.

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Laser and Particle Beams , Volume 9 , Issue 2 , June 1991, pp. 517 - 526
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1991

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