Studies of collisional and nonlinear radiative processes for development of coherent UV and XUV sources
Abstract
A laboratory means for the generation of ultrahigh energy density states of matter, corresponding approximately to 0.1 to 1.0 W/atom at solid density, is currently under development. This enables the production, in a convenient laboratory environment, of energy densities comparable to those occurring in the thermonuclear environments and stellar interiors. The method being developed involves a unique combination of three basic elements: (1) a new extremely high-peak-power ultraviolet laser technology (femtosecond rare gas halogen system), (2) energy deposition stemming from high-order multiphoton processes, and (3) a mode of channeled propagation that arises in the strong-field regime. The compatibility of these three independent considerations is a key and unique feature of the approach. The use of this technology will permit the study of new realms of atomic phenomena.
- Publication:
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Final Report
- Pub Date:
- November 1988
- Bibcode:
- 1988uill.rept.....R
- Keywords:
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- Astrophysics;
- Coherent Radiation;
- Extreme Ultraviolet Radiation;
- Nonlinearity;
- Radiation Sources;
- Stellar Radiation;
- Thermonuclear Reactions;
- Gas Lasers;
- Photons;
- Rare Gases;
- Ultraviolet Lasers;
- Electronics and Electrical Engineering