Observation of multiply ionized plasmas with dominant bound electron contribution to the index of refraction

Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer

Volumn 99, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 165-174

  Filevich, J ^a   Rocca, J J ^a   Marconi, M C ^a   Moon, S J ^b   Nilsen, J ^b   Scofield, J H ^b   Dunn, J ^b   Smith, R F ^b   Keenan, R ^b   Hunter, J R ^b   Shlyaptsev, V N ^c  

^a Department of Mechanical Engineering   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anomalous dispersion; Index of refraction; Interferometry; Plasmas; Soft X ray laser

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; INTERFEROMETRY; IONIZATION; LIGHT PROPAGATION; PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; X RAY LASERS;

ANOMALOUS DISPERSION; BOUND ELECTRON CONTRIBUTION; MULTIPLY IONIZED PLASMAS; SOFT X RAY LASER; X RAY LASER INTERFEROGRAMS;

LASER PRODUCED PLASMAS;

REFRACTIVE INDEX; X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 30844459233     PISSN: 00224073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jqsrt.2005.05.013     Document Type: Article

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