Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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1772488 | High Energy Density Physics | 2013 | 9 Pages |
Abstract
K-shell X-ray emission from laser-irradiated planar Zn, Ge, Br, and Zr foils was measured at the National Ignition Facility for laser irradiances in the range of 0.6-9.5 Ã 1015 W/cm2. The incident laser power had a pre-pulse to enhance the laser-to-X-ray conversion efficiency (CE) of a 2-5 ns constant-intensity pulse used as the main laser drive. The measured CE into the 8-16 keV energy band ranged from 0.43% to 2%, while the measured CE into the He-like resonance 1s2-1s2p(1P) and intercombination 1s2-1s2p(3P) transitions, as well as from their 1s2(2s,2p)l-1s2p(2s,2p)l satellite transitions for l = 1, 2, 3, corresponding to the Li-, Be-, and B-like resonances, respectively, ranged from 0.3% to 1.5%. Absolute and relative CE measurements are consistent with X-ray energy scaling of (hν)â3 to (hν)â5, where hν is the X-ray energy. The temporal evolution of the broadband X-ray power was similar to the main laser drive for ablation plasmas having a critical density surface.
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Authors
M.A. Barrios, K.B. Fournier, S.P. Regan, O. Landen, M. May, Y.P. Opachich, K. Widmann, D.K. Bradley, G.W. Collins,