Accession Number:

ADA167197

Title:

Solid Neon Sources for Plasmas and X-Ray Lasers.

Descriptive Note:

Interim rept.,

Corporate Author:

NAVAL RESEARCH LAB WASHINGTON DC

Personal Author(s):

• Dixon,R. H.
• Ford,J. L.
• Lee,T. N.
• Elton,R. C.

Report Date:

1985-04-30

Pagination or Media Count:

13.0

Abstract:

A thin layer of frozen neon is condensed onto a cryogenically cooled substrate for use in generating a neon plasma for x-ray laser research. The freezing process and quasi-equilibrium state of the layer are discussed with a phase diagram. Spectral purity of a neon plasma formed by laser irradiation is demonstrated with grazing incidence x-ray spectroscopy. Control of the layer thickness is possible to the point that a substrate spectrum is also obtained.

Descriptors:

• *LASER PUMPING
• *NEON
• *LASER TARGET INTERACTIONS
• THICKNESS
• LAYERS
• PLASMAS(PHYSICS)
• SUBSTRATES
• LASERS
• LASER BEAMS
• COOLING
• X RAYS
• PURITY
• THINNESS
• IRRADIATION
• X RAY SPECTROSCOPY
• GRAZING
• SOLIDIFIED GASES

Subject Categories:

• Lasers and Masers
• Plasma Physics and Magnetohydrodynamics
• Thermodynamics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE