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Creation of X-ray laser media by high power laser heating of capillary discharge

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2009

A. Zigler
Affiliation:
Soreq Nuclear Research Center, Yavne 70600, Israel
R. W. Lee
Affiliation:
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA 94550
S. Mrowka
Affiliation:
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA 94550

Abstract

A large, high density, high temperature plasma has been produced by using a high power laser with a capillary electrical discharge. The laser beam is synchronized with the discharge to reach the plasma after it emerges several hundred microns from the capillary.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1989

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