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Amplification of Soft X-Rays in a Picosecond Laser-Produced Plasma

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 March 2019

B. Lacour ,
M. Maillet ,
M. Michon  and
M. H. Tuilier
B. Lacour
Affiliation:
Laboratoires De Marcoussis, Route de Nozay, (91) Marcoussis, France
M. Maillet
Affiliation:
Laboratoires De Marcoussis, Route de Nozay, (91) Marcoussis, France
M. Michon
Affiliation:
Laboratoires De Marcoussis, Route de Nozay, (91) Marcoussis, France
M. H. Tuilier
Affiliation:
Laboratoires De Marcoussis, Route de Nozay, (91) Marcoussis, France
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Abstract

We investigate the possibilities of amplification of soft x rays in a low Z plasma produced by a picosecond laser. Inversion of population could take place between metastable and fundamental state of lithium-like ions.

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Advances in X-Ray Analysis , Volume 18: Twenty-Third Annual Conference on Applications of X-ray Analysis, August 7-9, 1974 , 1974 , pp. 129 - 135
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Copyright © International Centre for Diffraction Data 1974

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