2-DIMENSIONAL INTERFEROGRAM OF AN EXPLODING SELENIUM FOIL USING A SOFT-X-RAY LASER INTERFEROMETER

Authors
DASILVA LB CAUBLE R BARBEE TW CELLIERS P CIARLO D LIBBY S LONDON RA MATTHEWS D MROWKA S MORENO JC RESS D TREBES JE WAN AS WEBER F
Citation
Lb. Dasilva et al., 2-DIMENSIONAL INTERFEROGRAM OF AN EXPLODING SELENIUM FOIL USING A SOFT-X-RAY LASER INTERFEROMETER, IEEE transactions on plasma science, 24(1), 1996, pp. 31-32
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Phsycs, Fluid & Plasmas
Journal title
IEEE transactions on plasma science → ACNP
ISSN journal
00933813
Volume
24
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
31 - 32
Database
ISI
SICI code
0093-3813(1996)24:1<31:2IOAES>2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
We have developed a soft X-ray interferometer capable of probing large high-density plasmas with micron spatial resolutions. A neon-like ytt rium X-ray laser operating at 155 Angstrom was combined with the Mach- Zehnder interferometer to obtain electron density profiles of a laser- produced exploding selenium foil plasma. The plasma was produced with one Nova laser beam using a 120-mu m line focus, the same conditions u sed to create a selenium X-ray laser. The interferogram of the seleniu m plasma was obtained from an end-on perspective.