Dense capillary discharge plasma waveguide containing Ag ions
Date
2005
Authors
Wang, Yanting, author
Luther, Bradley M., author
Pedaci, Francesco, author
Berrill, Mark Allen, author
Brizuela, Fernando, author
Marconi, Mario Carlos, author
Larotonda, M. A., author
Shlyaptsev, Vyacheslav N., author
Rocca, Jorge, J., author
IEEE, publisher
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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.
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discharges (electric)
plasma density
plasma diagnostics
plasma filled waveguides
plasma light propagation
plasma production
silver