X-Ray Laser Research at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
Proceedings of SPIE--the International Society for Optical Engineering SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics 0688 (1987) 2-11
A pinhole camera for monochromatic x-ray imaging
Optics Communications 62:1 (1987) 1-4
Abstract:
An instrumental technique for recording monochromatic X-ray images of laser-produced plasmas has been developed using a Layered Synthetic Microstructure in combination with a pinhole camera. Well resolved images in 6 Å X-ray emission from 10 μm gold microdots are demonstrated. © 1987.POLYMER SHELL IMPLOSIONS.
(1987) 52
Abstract:
The authors present a detailed investigation of ablatively driven gas-filled polymer shell targets irradiated by the 351-nm 2-kJ 4-TW Omega 24-beam laser system. The implosion of these targets was diagnosed with an extensive array of plasma, X-ray, and nuclear diagnostics. Detailed characterization of the multibeam laser output provided an estimate of the illumination nonuniformities imposed on target. Targets were fabricated from polystyrene or polyvinyl alcohol shells of 200-400- mu m diameter and 5-10- mu m wall thicknesses. Additional polymer layers and ultrathin metallic layers were added to reduce the initial aspect ratio and provide shine-through inhibition and weak X-ray signatures of ablation front penetration, respectively. A detailed comparison of the symmetry and performance of these target implosions has been made with the predictions of the one-dimensional (1-D) and 2-D hydrodynamic codes LILAC and ORCHID, respectively.Shock launching in silicon studied with use of pulsed x-ray diffraction
Physical Review B 35 (1987) 17
Expansion Cooled Recombination Lasers In The XUV
Proceedings of SPIE--the International Society for Optical Engineering SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics 0664 (1986) 258-264