Time-resolved x-ray spectroscopy of optical-field-ionized plasmas
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Summary, in English
The time-dependent soft X-ray emission of helium and nitrogen plasmas generated by optical-field ionization is reported. The experiments were carried out by focusing pulses of the high-power Ti:sapphire laser of the Lund Institute of Technology (lambda = 796 nm, pulse duration 150 fs, pulse energy 150 mJ) to a 50-mu m diameter spot close to a nozzle, using He and N-2 as target gases. The emission on He+, N4+, and N3+ resonance lines was recorded by means of a flat-field grating spectrometer coupled to an X-ray streak camera. A pronounced difference in the temporal shape of the emission of the Lyman-alpha line of hydrogen-like helium and of the 2p-3d resonance lines of lithium-like and beryllium-like nitrogen was observed. The helium line exhibited an initial spike followed by a slow revival of the emission, whereas the nitrogen lines showed a slow decay after a fast initial rise. These observations are explained with the help of simulations.
Avdelning/ar
Publiceringsår
1995
Språk
Engelska
Sidor
459-468
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
Laser and Particle Beams
Volym
13
Issue
4
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Dokumenttyp
Artikel i tidskrift
Förlag
Cambridge University Press
Ämne
- Atom and Molecular Physics and Optics
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt
- ISSN: 0263-0346