EXPERIMENTAL-STUDY OF X-RAY GENERATION IN LASER-PRODUCED PLASMAS BASED ON K-SHELL TIME-RESOLVED SPECTROSCOPY

Authors
MACCHI A GIULIETTI D BASTIANI S GIULIETTI A GIZZI LA
Citation
A. Macchi et al., EXPERIMENTAL-STUDY OF X-RAY GENERATION IN LASER-PRODUCED PLASMAS BASED ON K-SHELL TIME-RESOLVED SPECTROSCOPY, Nuovo cimento della Societa italiana di fisica. D, Condensed matter,atomic, molecular and chemical physics, biophysics, 18(6), 1996, pp. 727-738
Citations number
25
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Nuovo cimento della Societa italiana di fisica. D, Condensed matter,atomic, molecular and chemical physics, biophysics → ACNP
ISSN journal
03926737
Volume
18
Issue
6
Year of publication
1996
Pages
727 - 738
Database
ISI
SICI code
0392-6737(1996)18:6<727:EOXGIL>2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
Soft-X-ray generation in aluminium plasmas produced by Nd nanosecond l aser pulses is investigated analysing time-resolved spectra of K-shell line emission. Time histories of line emission and electron temperatu re as well as the time-integrated X-ray yield were studied as a functi on of laser pulse duration and target position along the laser beam pr opagation ads. The experimental results suggest that X-ray emission is influenced by self-focusing of laser light in the plasma.