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Characteristics of rapidly recombining plasmas suitable for high-gain X-ray laser action

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2009

J. Zhang
Affiliation:
Department of Atomic and Laser Physics, University of Oxford, Oxford, 0X1 3EU, UK
M.H. Key
Affiliation:
Department of Atomic and Laser Physics, University of Oxford, Oxford, 0X1 3EU, UK Central Laser Facility, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, OX11 0QX, UK
P.A. Norreys
Affiliation:
Central Laser Facility, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, OX11 0QX, UK
C. Danson
Affiliation:
Central Laser Facility, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, OX11 0QX, UK
D. Neely
Affiliation:
Central Laser Facility, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, OX11 0QX, UK
S.J. Rose
Affiliation:
Central Laser Facility, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, OX11 0QX, UK
F. Walsh
Affiliation:
Central Laser Facility, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, OX11 0QX, UK
G.J. Tallents
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of Essex, Colchester, CO4 3SQ, UK
L. Dwivedi
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of Essex, Colchester, CO4 3SQ, UK
M. Holden
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of Essex, Colchester, CO4 3SQ, UK
P.B. Holden
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of York, York, YO1 5DD, UK
G.J. Pert
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of York, York, YO1 5DD, UK
S.A. Ramsden
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of York, York, YO1 5DD, UK
C.L.S. Lewis
Affiliation:
Department of Pure and Applied Physics, Queen's University, Belfast, BT7 INN, UK
A.G. Macphee
Affiliation:
Department of Pure and Applied Physics, Queen's University, Belfast, BT7 INN, UK
Y.L. You
Affiliation:
Visiting Scientist from Institute of Nuclear Physics and Chemistry, Chengdu 610003, China

Abstract

Recombining plasmas produced by picosecond laser pulses are characterized by measuring ratio of intensities of resonance lines of H- and He-like ions in the plasmas. It is found that the rapidly recombining plasmas produced by picosecond laser pulses are suitable for highgain operation.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1996

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