Diagnostics of high-brightness short-pulse lasers and the plasmas they generate

George A. Kyrala; Robert D. Fulton; James A. Cobble; Gottfried T. Schappert; Antoinette J. Taylor

doi:10.1117/12.175868

16 May 1994 Diagnostics of high-brightness short-pulse lasers and the plasmas they generate

George A. Kyrala, Robert D. Fulton, James A. Cobble, Gottfried T. Schappert, Antoinette J. Taylor

Proceedings Volume 2116, Generation, Amplification, and Measurement of Ultrashort Laser Pulses; (1994) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.175868
Event: OE/LASE '94, 1994, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Abstract

The properties of a laser influence the interaction of the intense laser light with materials. We describe some of the diagnostics that we have implemented at the Los Alamos Bright Source to correlate the changes in the x-ray spectrum and temporal history of laser generated silicon plasmas with the changes of the incident XeCl laser light. One property of special interest is the multiple pulsing of the laser on top of the few ns long ASE prepulse. We find that an early pulse enhances the generation of the x rays from a later pulse.

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George A. Kyrala, Robert D. Fulton, James A. Cobble, Gottfried T. Schappert, and Antoinette J. Taylor "Diagnostics of high-brightness short-pulse lasers and the plasmas they generate", Proc. SPIE 2116, Generation, Amplification, and Measurement of Ultrashort Laser Pulses, (16 May 1994); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.175868

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