Title :
Comparison of laser-produced plasma target materials for pumping the 109 nm Xe2+ Auger laser
Author :
Dennis, T. ; Duiker, H.M. ; Wu, J. ; Toth, C. ; Young, J.F.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Rice Univ., Houston, TX, USA
Abstract :
We compared cadmium, copper, gold, and zinc targets to stainless steel for laser-produced plasma pumping the Xe2+ 109 nm laser. Maximum output energies are presented for each material relative to stainless steel. Relative increases probably result from an improved overlap of the laser-produced plasma emission spectrum with the Xe inner shell 4d photoionization cross section
Keywords :
Auger effect; X-ray lasers; inner-shell ionisation; ion lasers; optical pumping; photoionisation; plasma production by laser; xenon; 109 nm; Au; Cd; Cu; Xe; Xe inner shell 4d photoionization cross section; Xe2+ 109 nm laser; Zn; cadmium; copper; gold; ion laser pumping; laser pumping; laser-produced plasma emission spectrum; laser-produced plasma pumping; laser-produced plasma target materials; maximum output energies; nm Xe2+ Auger laser; soft X-ray lasers; stainless steel; zinc targets; Building materials; Cadmium; Copper; Gold; Laser excitation; Optical materials; Plasma materials processing; Pump lasers; Steel; Zinc;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting, 1995. 8th Annual Meeting Conference Proceedings, Volume 1., IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-2450-1
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.1995.484884
