Efficient K-α and He-α emission from Ti foils irradiated with 400 nm, 45 fs laser pulses

Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer

Volumn 99, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 537-547

  Riley, D ^a   Khattak, F Y ^a   Percie du Sert, O A M B ^a   Clarke, R J ^b   Divall, E J ^b   Edwards, M ^c   Foster, P S ^b   Hooker, C J ^b   Langley, A J ^b   Mistry, P ^c   Neely, D ^b   Smith, J ^b   Spindloe, C ^b   Tallents, G J ^c   Tolley, M ^b  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b Harwell Science and Innovation Campus   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Laser plasmas; Spectroscopy; X ray

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONS; HEATING; IRRADIATION; LASER PULSES; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT EMISSION; LIGHT POLARIZATION; METAL FOIL; TITANIUM; VACUUM APPLICATIONS; X RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

TITANIUM FOILS; VACUUM HEATING; VACUUM SPATIAL FILTER;

LASER PRODUCED PLASMAS;

X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 30844450106     PISSN: 00224073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jqsrt.2005.05.043     Document Type: Article

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