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Investigation of Early Plasma Evolution Induced by Ultrashort Laser Pulses
Published on: July 2, 2012
A time-resolved spectroscopic diagnostic based on fast scintillator and optical fiber array for z-pinch plasmas
Fan Ye1, Yi Qin, Shuqing Jiang
1Institute of Nuclear Physics and Chemistry, P.O. Box 919-212, Mianyang 621900, People's Republic of China.
Abstract:
We report a specially designed type of temporal resolved x-ray spectroscopic diagnostic using a spherically bent quartz crystal for z-pinch plasmas. Registration of time-resolved spectra was accomplished by coupling fast plastic scintillator, an optical fiber array, an optical streak camera, and a charge coupled device as the recording medium of this diagnostic. The diagnostic has been tested in imploding wire array experiments on S-300 pulsed power facility. Time-resolved K-shell lines were successfully obtained for aluminum wire array implosion plasmas.
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