Ablation rates of iron and aluminium measured using an x-ray laser

M. H. Edwards; P. Mistry; D. S. Whittaker; M. Vopsaroiu; G. J. Pert; G. J. Tallents; B. Rus; T. Mocek; M. Kozlova; J. Polan; A. Praeg; M. Stupka; P. Homer

doi:10.1117/12.619407

13 September 2005 Ablation rates of iron and aluminium measured using an x-ray laser

M. H. Edwards, P. Mistry, D. S. Whittaker, M. Vopsaroiu, G. J. Pert, G. J. Tallents, B. Rus, T. Mocek, M. Kozlova, J. Polan, A. Praeg, M. Stupka, P. Homer

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Proceedings Volume 5919, Soft X-Ray Lasers and Applications VI; 59190R (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.619407
Event: Optics and Photonics 2005, 2005, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

The ablation of plain aluminium foil and aluminium foil with a thin (50 nm) iron coating was observed using a neon-like zinc x-ray laser. The 21.2 nm x-ray laser was produced by a double pass of a 3 cm long zinc target at the PALS centre in Prague. The x-ray laser was used to probe the sample targets as they were heated by a separate laser beam of 10 J, focussed to a 100 micron diameter spot. The data from the experiment are presented and compared with Ehybrid simulations and simple ablation rate calculations.

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M. H. Edwards, P. Mistry, D. S. Whittaker, M. Vopsaroiu, G. J. Pert, G. J. Tallents, B. Rus, T. Mocek, M. Kozlova, J. Polan, A. Praeg, M. Stupka, and P. Homer "Ablation rates of iron and aluminium measured using an x-ray laser", Proc. SPIE 5919, Soft X-Ray Lasers and Applications VI, 59190R (13 September 2005); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.619407

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