Dense capillary discharge plasma waveguide containing Ag ions Wang, Yanting ; Luther, Bradley M. ; Pedaci, Francesco ; Berrill, Mark Allen ; Brizuela, Fernando ; Marconi, Mario Carlos ; Larotonda, M. A. ; Shlyaptsev, Vyacheslav N. ; Rocca, Jorge, J. "This work was supported in part by the U.S. Department of Energy Chemical Sciences, Geosciences, and Biosciences Division of the Office of Basic Energy Sciences, in part by the National Science Foundation under Grant ECS-9977677, in part by the National Science Foundation Engineering Research Center for Extreme Ultraviolet Science and Technology, and in part by the W. M. Keck Foundation." Interferometry of plasmas generated by fast discharge excitation of Ag2S microcapillary channels shows the formation of dense plasma waveguides capable of guiding intense laser beams. Discharge ablation of capillaries, 330 μm or 440 μm in diameter, with 3-5.5-kA current pulses formed concave plasma density profiles with axial electron density >1 × 1019 cm-3. These dense plasma waveguides containing highly ionized metal atoms are of interest to the development of a longitudinally pumped soft X-ray lasers. Colorado State University. Libraries 2005 text ; image application/pdf ECEmcm00005.pdf FACFECEN100417ARTI eng c2005 IEEE
Dense capillary discharge plasma waveguide containing Ag ions
Wang, Yanting ; Luther, Bradley M. ; Pedaci, Francesco ; Berrill, Mark Allen ; Brizuela, Fernando ; Marconi, Mario Carlos ; Larotonda, M. A. ; Shlyaptsev, Vyacheslav N. ; Rocca, Jorge, J.
"This work was supported in part by the U.S. Department of Energy Chemical Sciences, Geosciences, and Biosciences Division of the Office of Basic Energy Sciences, in part by the National Science Foundation under Grant ECS-9977677, in part by the National Science Foundation Engineering Research Center for Extreme Ultraviolet Science and Technology, and in part by the W. M. Keck Foundation."
Interferometry of plasmas generated by fast discharge excitation of Ag2S microcapillary channels shows the formation of dense plasma waveguides capable of guiding intense laser beams. Discharge ablation of capillaries, 330 μm or 440 μm in diameter, with 3-5.5-kA current pulses formed concave plasma density profiles with axial electron density >1 × 1019 cm-3. These dense plasma waveguides containing highly ionized metal atoms are of interest to the development of a longitudinally pumped soft X-ray lasers.
Colorado State University. Libraries
2005
text ; image
application/pdf
ECEmcm00005.pdf
FACFECEN100417ARTI
eng
c2005 IEEE