1. Near-field imaging of Ni-like silver transient collisional x-ray laser
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C. Häfner, Masahiko Ishino, Maki Kishimoto, Kamal Bouhouch, W. Geithner, Gerard Jamelot, Hiroyuki Daido, Piotr P. Wiewior, Stefan Borneis, Daniel Ursescu, Kevin Cassou, Olivier Guilbaud, Keisuke Nagashima, H. Tang, Greg J. Tallents, D. Phalippou, Thomas Kuehl, Masataka Kado, Erhard Gaul, Annie Klisnick, W. Seelig, Kota Sukegawa, Paul Neumayer, Denis Joyeux, David Ros, Masaharu Nishikino, and Matthew Edwards
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Microscope ,Materials science ,business.industry ,Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena ,Physics::Optics ,Plasma ,Laser ,Interference microscopy ,law.invention ,X-ray laser ,Interferometry ,Optics ,law ,Ultrafast laser spectroscopy ,Optoelectronics ,business ,Spectroscopy - Abstract
We review our recent progress in the development of transient x-ray lasers and of their application to plasma diagnostic. The first observation of C-ray laser emission at the new PHELIX-GSI facility is reported. This TCE X-ray laser will be a promising tool for heavy-ion spectroscopy. We then present the main results obtained at the LULU-CPA facility with a compact high-resolution X-UV imaging device. This device was used to investigate the spatial source structure of the Ni-like silver transient X-ray laser under different pumping conditions. The key-role of the width of the background laser pulse on the shape of the emitting aperture is demonstrated. Finally the imaging device was used as an interference microscope for interferometry probing of a laser-produced plasma. We describe this experiment performed at APRC-JAERI.
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- 2003
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