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Laser applications and other topics in quantum electronics

Debris-free pulsed xenon-jet soft X-ray radiation source driven by Nd-laser radiation

V. G. Kapralov^a, R. Korde^b, V. E. Levashov^c, A. S. Pirozhkov^c, E. N. Ragozin<sup>c

a</sup> Saint-Petersburg State Technical University
^b International Radiation Detectors, Inc., USA
^c P. N. Lebedev Physical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow

Abstract: A 'clean' (debris-free) pulsed soft X-ray radiation source was realised. The source is excited by the nanosecond pulses of a solid-state laser in a pulsed xenon gas jet (gas cloud). The source images are obtained at a wavelength of 180 Å using a focusing X-ray multilayer mirror. The spectra of the source are recorded in the 125 – 250 Å range using a stigmatic spectrograph comprising a recently developed broadband aperiodic multilayer mirror and a large-aperture transmission diffraction grating. The yield of soft X-rays was determined employing a fast-response absolutely calibrated AXUV-5 X-ray photodiode.

PACS: 52.38.Ph, 07.85.Fv

Received: 27.11.2001

 English version: Quantum Electronics, 2002, 32:2, 149–154

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