Measurements of opacity and temperature of warm dense matter heated by focused soft X-ray laser irradiation

G. J. Tallents; N. Booth; M. H. Edwards; L. M. R. Gartside; D. S. Whittaker; Z. Zhai; B. Rus; T. Mocek; M. Kozlova; J. Polan; P. Homer

doi:10.1016/j.hedp.2009.03.006

Measurements of opacity and temperature of warm dense matter heated by focused soft X-ray laser irradiation

G. J. Tallents, N. Booth, M. H. Edwards, L. M. R. Gartside, D. S. Whittaker, Z. Zhai, B. Rus, T. Mocek, M. Kozlova, J. Polan, P. Homer

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The transmission of plasma-based soft X-ray lasers through thin targets can be used to measure the target opacity. Measurements of warm dense matter transmission obtained using a focused 59 eV photon energy laser irradiation on thin targets of polyimide (C22H10N2O5) and aluminum are shown to produce simultaneous heating and probing enabling opacity and temperature measurements of warm dense matter. It is shown that the opacity of the warm dense matter considered in the experiments follows closely tabulated cold 'room temperature' opacities at temperatures below similar to 10 eV. Transmission measurements of thin iron targets which are highly opaque to the X-ray laser radiation are also presented. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	110-113
Number of pages	4
Journal	HIGH ENERGY DENSITY PHYSICS
Volume	5
Issue number	1-2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hedp.2009.03.006
Publication status	Published - Jun 2009

Keywords

Plasma
Opacity
X-ray laser
PLASMAS

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Measurements of opacity and temperature of warm dense matter heated by focused soft X-ray laser irradiation

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