Abstract
We have developed and used for the first time a soft x-ray interferometer to probe a large laserproduced plasma with micron spatial resolutions. A neonlike yttrium x-ray laser operating at 155 Å was combined with a multilayer coated Mach-Zehnder interferometer to obtain electron density profiles in a plasma produced by laser irradiation of a CH target. The measured electron density profile has been compared to hydrodynamic simulations and shows good agreement near the ablation surface but some discrepancy exists at lower densities.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 3991-3994 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Physical Review Letters |
Volume | 74 |
Issue number | 20 |
State | Published - May 15 1995 |
Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Physics and Astronomy(all)