FAST-DISCHARGE EXCITATION OF HOT CAPILLARY PLASMAS FOR SOFT-X-RAY AMPLIFIERS

被引:66
作者
ROCCA, JJ
CORTAZAR, OD
SZAPIRO, B
FLOYD, K
TOMASEL, FG
机构
[1] Department of Electrical Engineering, Colorado State University, Fort Collins
来源
PHYSICAL REVIEW E | 1993年 / 47卷 / 02期
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D O I
10.1103/PhysRevE.47.1299
中图分类号
O35 [流体力学]; O53 [等离子体物理学];
学科分类号
070204 ; 080103 ; 080704 ;
摘要
High-temperature (T(e) > 150 eV), small-diameter (approximately 200 mum) plasma columns have been efficiently generated by very fast (13 ns rise time, 28 ns full width at half maximum) pulsed discharge excitation of capillary channels filled with preionized gas. Discharges in argon-filled capillaries at currents between 20 and 60 kA produced plasmas with Ar X-Ar XIV line emission, in which the degree of ionization was controlled by the magnitude of the current pulse. The characteristics of these plasmas differ from those created by vacuum discharges in the same capillaries and approach those necessary for soft-x-ray amplification in low-Z elements.
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页码:1299 / 1304
页数:6
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