Charge recombination in soft x-ray laser produced nanoplasmas

Charge recombination in soft x-ray laser produced nanoplasmas

The ionization and charge separation processes of nanoplasmas created by resonant excitation of atomic clusters in intense soft x-ray pulses have been investigated. Through irradiation with femtosecond pulses from the FLASH free electron laser (FEL) at λ = 13.7 nm and power densities exceeding 1014 W cm−2 the clusters are highly ionized with transient atomic charge states up to 9+. Variation of...

Hidden charge states in soft-x-ray laser-produced nanoplasmas revealed by fluorescence spectroscopy.

Highly charged ions are formed in the center of composite clusters by strong free-electron laser pulses and they emit fluorescence on a femtosecond time scale before competing recombination leads to neutralization of the nanoplasma core. In contrast to mass spectrometry that detects remnants of the interaction, fluorescence in the extreme ultraviolet spectral range provides fingerprints of tran...

Brilliance Improvement of a Laser-Produced Soft X-Ray Plasma

The brilliance of a laser-produced soft X-ray source is enhanced for gaseous target concepts. In contrast to solid or liquid target materials, these sources are clean and versatile but provide a comparably low conversion efficiency of laser energy into EUV and soft X-ray radiation. The basic idea is to induce supersonic effects in the gas jet, leading to a local increase of the particle density...

Picosecond soft x ray source from subpicosecond laser produced plasmas

Short pulse high intensity laser plasma interactions are investigated experimentally with temporally and spectrally resolved soft x ray diagnostics We demonstrate that the pulse width of the laser produced x rays emitted from solid targets may be varied down to the picosecond time scale by adjusting the incident laser ux Bright picosecond broadband emission characteristic of a short scale lengt...

Time-resolved investigation of transient charges in laser-produced nanoplasmas