Imaging X-ray crystal spectrometer for laser-produced plasmas

Journal of Instrumentation

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Gamboa, E J ^a   Montgomery, D S ^b   Hall, I M ^c   Drake, R P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Plasma diagnostics interferometry, spectroscopy and imaging; ray detectors

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955819505     PISSN: 17480221     EISSN: 17480221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-0221/6/04/P04004     Document Type: Article

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