Table-Top Soft X-Ray Laser Interferograms of Dense Laser-Created Plasma
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We report soft X-ray interferograms that illustrate the use of a very compact table-top soft X-ray laser in mapping the electron density evolution of a dense plasma. The spatial density distribution of a point-focus laser-created plasma with 300 m dimension was measured for densities up to 6.5 1020 cm .
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