The excitation of metastable extreme ultraviolet levels
Abstract
The excitation of large densities of high energy metastable atoms and ions is described. Ionic metastable levels are produced as a result of photoionization by X-rays emitted from a laser-produced plasma. For the case of metastable levels in neutral atomic species, excitation is caused by a 'photoionization electron source'. The electrons involved in this excitation are created when an 'absorber' gas is photoionized by a burst of laser-produced X-rays.
- Publication:
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Laser Techniques in the Extreme Ultraviolet
- Pub Date:
- 1984
- Bibcode:
- 1984lteu.proc..417C
- Keywords:
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- Atomic Excitations;
- Extreme Ultraviolet Radiation;
- Laser Plasmas;
- Metastable Atoms;
- Ultraviolet Lasers;
- X Ray Lasers;
- Electron Density (Concentration);
- Ion Temperature;
- Isoelectronic Sequence;
- Neon;
- Photoionization;
- Radiative Lifetime;
- Lasers and Masers