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XUV and Soft X-Ray Radiation from Laser Produced Plasmas as Laboratory Spectroscopic Sources*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

P. Gohil ,
M.L. Ginter ,
T.J. McIlrath ,
H. Kapoor ,
D. Ma  and
M.C. Peckerar
P. Gohil
Affiliation:
University of Maryland, IPST College Park, MD 20742
M.L. Ginter
Affiliation:
University of Maryland, IPST College Park, MD 20742
T.J. McIlrath
Affiliation:
University of Maryland, IPST College Park, MD 20742
H. Kapoor
Affiliation:
Naval Research Laboratory Washington, DC 20375-5000
D. Ma
Affiliation:
Naval Research Laboratory Washington, DC 20375-5000
M.C. Peckerar
Affiliation:
Naval Research Laboratory Washington, DC 20375-5000

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Laser produced plasmas have been shown to be excellent sources for applications in the XUV and soft X-ray spectral region. We are using a 550 mj, 25 ns (FWHM) ND:YAG laser operating at a repetition rate of 10 Hz to produce plasmas above rotatable solid targets. The focal spot of the laser beam with a 31 cm lens was measured to be 170 μm (approximately twice the diffraction limit), using a diode array having a 170 μm resolution. Broadband output in the soft X-ray region was studied using a windowless PIN photodiode with an A1203 surface covered with a polyethylene filter with transmission between 44 Å and 120 Å. Results are presented for the source’s soft X-ray intensity for several elements as a function of laser energy, focus and driving wavelength, as are preliminary results using the source for high resolution spectroscopy and for soft X-ray lithography.

Type
Session 6. Poster Papers
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 86: Eighth International Colloquium on Ultraviolet and X-ray Spectroscopy of Astrophysical and Laboratory Plasmas , 1984 , pp. 212
Copyright
Copyright © Naval Research Laboratory 1984. Publication courtesy of the Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC.

Footnotes

*

Work supported by Air Force grant AFOSR F49620-83-C-0130. P. Gohil acknowledges support from SERC (UK).

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