Magnetoelectric Confinement and Stabilization of Z Pinch in a Soft-x-Ray Ar+8 Laser.

Authors :: Szasz, J.
Kiss, M.
Santa, I.
Szatmari, S.
Kukhlevsky, S. V.
Source :: Physical Review Letters. 5/3/2013, Vol. 110 Issue 18, p183902-1-183902-4. 4p. 1 Black and White Photograph, 1 Diagram, 2 Graphs.
Publication Year :: 2013
Abstract: Magnetoelectric confinement and stabilization of the plasma column in a soft-x-ray Ar+8 laser, which is excited by a capillary Z pinch, via the combined magnetic and electric fields of the gliding surface discharge is experimentally demonstrated. Unlike soft-x-ray lasers excited by the conventional capillary Z pinches, the magnetoelectric confinement and stabilization of plasma do provide the laser operation without using any external preionization circuit. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Subjects :: *MAGNETOELECTRIC effect
*Z-pinch
*SOFT X rays
*ELECTRIC fields
*MAGNETIC fields

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