High resolution temporal & spatial mapping of the electron density in a capillary discharge pumped soft x-ray laser amplifier using sub-ps optical interferometry

    Authors

    H. A. Bender; S. E. Grantham; V. N. Shlyaptsev; J. J. Rocca; M. C. Richardson;W. T. Silfvast

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    Keywords

    Optics; Physics, Applied; Physics, Multidisciplinary

    Abstract

    We report the results of experiments that directly probe the spatial and temporal evolution of the electron density in a capillary discharge soft x-ray amplifier. A sub-ps laser at 422 nm was used in combination with a Mach-Zehnder interferometer to perform pulsed laser interferometry of a capillary discharge amplifier operated at the conditions observed to produce gain in Ne-like Ar at 46.9 nm. A sequence of interferograms was obtained which maps the entire evolution of the electron density distribution during excitation by a fast current pulse.

    Journal Title

    X-Ray Lasers 1998

    Volume

    159

    Publication Date

    1-1-1999

    Document Type

    Article

    Language

    English

    First Page

    167

    Last Page

    170

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000080081900034

    ISSN

    0951-3248; 0-7503-0592-4

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