Interaction of Laser Plasmas with Noble Gases.

The interaction of a noble gas jet (Xe, Kr, He) with a laser plasma at a distance of ∼1 cm from a solid target (Mg, (CH[sub 2])[sub n], LiF, or CF[sub 4]) was studied for the first time. The line spectra that were excited in the course of charge exchange of multicharged ions with noble gas atoms in the interaction region were recorded. A clean (debris-free) soft X-ray source excited by laser pulses focused into a xenon jet was designed and investigated. © 2004 MAIK “Nauka / Interperiodica”. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]