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X-Ray Emission from Laser-Produced Plasmas

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 March 2019

C. M. Dozier ,
P. G. Burkhalter ,
B. M. Klein ,
D. J. Nagel  and
R. R. Whitlock
C. M. Dozier
Affiliation:
Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, D. C. 20375
P. G. Burkhalter
Affiliation:
Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, D. C. 20375
B. M. Klein
Affiliation:
Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, D. C. 20375
D. J. Nagel
Affiliation:
Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, D. C. 20375
R. R. Whitlock
Affiliation:
Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, D. C. 20375
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Abstract

Intense x-rays are emitted by plasmas formed when sub-nanosecond laser pulses are focused onto materials, Plasmas produced by pulses containing up to 100 J can re-emit over ten percent of the energy as x-rays above about 1.0 keV. These plasmas may be useful flash x-ray sources.

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Advances in X-Ray Analysis , Volume 17: Twenty-Second Annual Conference on Applications of X-ray Analysis, August 22-24, 1973 , 1973 , pp. 423 - 435
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Copyright © International Centre for Diffraction Data 1973

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