Soft-x-ray laser interferometry of a pinch discharge using a tabletop laser |
| |
Authors: | Moreno C H Marconi M C Kanizay K Rocca J J Uspenskii Y A Vinogradov A V Pershin Y A |
| |
Institution: | Electrical Engineering Department, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523, USA. |
| |
Abstract: | We have used a tabletop soft-x-ray laser and a wave-front division interferometer to probe the plasma of a pinch discharge. A very compact capillary discharge-pumped Ne-like Ar laser emitting at 46.9 nm was combined with a wave division interferometer based on Lloyd's mirror and Sc-Si multilayer-coated optics to map the electron density in the cathode region of the discharge. This demonstration of the use of tabletop soft-x-ray laser in plasma interferometry could lead to the widespread use of these lasers in the diagnostics of dense plasmas. |
| |
Keywords: | |
本文献已被 PubMed 等数据库收录! |
|