Dense plasma interferometry with a tabletop soft X-ray laser and an amplitude division interferometer based on diffraction gratings
Date
2001
Authors
Rocca, Jorge J., author
Chilla, J. L. A., author
Kanizay, K., author
Marconi, M. C., author
Filevich, R., author
EDP Sciences, publisher
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Abstract
We have demonstrated a novel Mach-Zehnder soft x-ray interferometer that uses diffraction gratings as beam splitters. The interferometer was used together with a 46.9nm tabletop soft x-ray laser, to map the evolution of the electron density distribution of a large-scale laser created plasma.