Laser-heated X-ray flashlamp brightness measurements
Abstract
Measurements of the X-ray emission characteristics of laser-irradiated flashlamp foils which are candidates to produce by resonant photoexcitation a population inversion in either a neon or fluorine lasant gas. Using the Shiva 1.06 micron laser, Fe, Cr, and Ni foils were heated to study the brightness and centroid energies of X-ray lines stemming from L-M transitions. Results indicate that appropriately bright and uniform sources can be produced.
- Publication:
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IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics
- Pub Date:
- December 1983
- DOI:
- Bibcode:
- 1983IJQE...19.1786M
- Keywords:
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- Flash Lamps;
- Laser Heating;
- Population Inversion;
- Radiation Measurement;
- X Ray Lasers;
- X Ray Spectra;
- Brightness Temperature;
- Electron Transitions;
- Glass Lasers;
- Laser Pumping;
- Laser Target Interactions;
- Optical Resonance;
- X Ray Sources;
- Lasers and Masers