Beam modelling for x-ray lasers

被引:28
作者
Plowes, JA
Pert, GJ
Healy, SB
Toft, DT
机构
[1] Department of Physics, University of York
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10.1007/BF00385854
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TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
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0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
The complex problem of refraction in collisionally pumped x-ray lasers is examined through a three-dimensional ray-tracing code, used as a post-processor to a 1 1/2-dimensional hydro/atomic code, to generate experimentally observable beam characteristics such as divergence and output intensity, A detailed description of the model is presented. Results from the model are compared with a series of experiments carried out at Rutherford Appleton Laboratories (RAL), where germanium slab targets of lengths 0.9-2.2 cm were irradiated. Good agreement between theory and experiment is found.
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