Electron Density Measurements of High Density Plasmas Using Soft X-Ray Laser Interferometry

L. B. Da Silva, T. W. Barbee, Jr., R. Cauble, P. Celliers, D. Ciarlo, S. Libby, R. A. London, D. Matthews, S. Mrowka, J. C. Moreno, D. Ress, J. E. Trebes, A. S. Wan, and F. Weber
Phys. Rev. Lett. 74, 3991 – Published 15 May 1995
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Abstract

We have developed and used for the first time a soft x-ray interferometer to probe a large laser-produced plasma with micron spatial resolutions. A neonlike yttrium x-ray laser operating at 155 Å was combined with a multilayer coated Mach-Zehnder interferometer to obtain electron density profiles in a plasma produced by laser irradiation of a CH target. The measured electron density profile has been compared to hydrodynamic simulations and shows good agreement near the ablation surface but some discrepancy exists at lower densities.

  • Received 22 February 1995

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.74.3991

©1995 American Physical Society

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L. B. Da Silva, T. W. Barbee, Jr., R. Cauble, P. Celliers, D. Ciarlo, S. Libby, R. A. London, D. Matthews, S. Mrowka, J. C. Moreno, D. Ress, J. E. Trebes, A. S. Wan, and F. Weber

  • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, P.O. Box 808, Livermore, California 94550

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Vol. 74, Iss. 20 — 15 May 1995

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