Elongated high-temperature, dense plasma produced by a high-power-laser heating of a capillary discharge
- 1 May 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review A
- Vol. 35 (10) , 4446-4448
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.35.4446
Abstract
A novel method for producing a high-density, high-temperature plasma medium in which light amplification in the soft x-ray region may occur is described. A cold dense plasma is produced by a slow electrical capillary discharge and subsequently heated by a high-power laser pulse.Keywords
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