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X-Ray Diagnostics of Laser Produced Plasmas Using CaF2 (Dy) Thermoluminescent Dosimeters

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 March 2019

F. J. Mayer ,
G. R. Montry  and
E. Benn
F. J. Mayer
Affiliation:
KMS Fusion, Inc. Ann Arbor, Michigan 48106
G. R. Montry
Affiliation:
KMS Fusion, Inc. Ann Arbor, Michigan 48106
E. Benn
Affiliation:
KMS Fusion, Inc. Ann Arbor, Michigan 48106
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Abstract

The use of CaF2 (Dy) thermoluminescent dosimeters to diagnose the X-radiation from 1.06 μ laser-produced plasmas is described. The TLD's have been used in various cassettes to measure total X-ray yield and the X-ray continuum out to ∼100 kev. Described are experiments pertaining to maintenance and recovery of TLD soft X-ray response, their linearity, insensitivity to 1.06 μ laser light, and energy calibration. Also, described are the TLD attenuation experiments in the “soft” and “hard” components of the laser plasma X-ray spectrum.

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Research Article
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Advances in X-Ray Analysis , Volume 18: Twenty-Third Annual Conference on Applications of X-ray Analysis, August 7-9, 1974 , 1974 , pp. 169 - 183
Copyright
Copyright © International Centre for Diffraction Data 1974

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