Measurement of spatial gain profiles in multiple-pulse-driven Ne-like Ge lasers

Joseph Nilsen; Juan C. Moreno; Troy W. Barbee Jr.; Luiz Barroca Da Silva

doi:10.1117/12.279416

1 November 1997 Measurement of spatial gain profiles in multiple-pulse-driven Ne-like Ge lasers

Joseph Nilsen, Juan C. Moreno, Troy W. Barbee Jr., Luiz Barroca Da Silva

Proceedings Volume 3156, Soft X-Ray Lasers and Applications II; (1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.279416
Event: Optical Science, Engineering and Instrumentation '97, 1997, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

We present the first direct spatial measurement of the two dimensional gain profiles for a Ne-like ion using a slab target illuminated by the multiple pulse technique. To understand the spatial dependence of the gain in Ne-like Ge on the 19.6 nm laser line for plasmas driven by a series of 100 ps pulses 400 ps apart we did a series of Nova experiments backlighting short Ge amplifiers. Two-dimensional, high- resolution, spatial images of the 19.6 nm laser emission from the output aperture of the amplifiers were measured to determine the spatial position of the gain. The amplifier lengths were chosen to be short enough to avoid significant refraction of the beam. In previous imaging experiments which measured the near field output of the Ge laser, the position of the laser output was dominated by refraction effects. To assure good temporal overlap, we used the traveling wave geometry to illuminate both the amplifier and backlighter. The amplifier design included a wire fiducial which provided an absolute spatial reference and avoided the usual difficulty of determining the location of the target surface. We compare the measured gain with simulations done using LASNEX, which calculates the hydrodynamic evolution of the plasma, and XRASER, which uses the temperature and densities from LASNEX to do the gain and kinetics calculations.

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Joseph Nilsen, Juan C. Moreno, Troy W. Barbee Jr., and Luiz Barroca Da Silva "Measurement of spatial gain profiles in multiple-pulse-driven Ne-like Ge lasers", Proc. SPIE 3156, Soft X-Ray Lasers and Applications II, (1 November 1997); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.279416

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