Dense plasma diagnostics with an amplitude-division soft-x-ray laser interferometer based on diffraction gratings

We report the demonstration of an amplitude-division soft-x-ray interferometer that can be used to generate high-contrast interferograms at the wavelength of any of the saturated soft-x-ray lasers (5.6-46.9 nm) that are available at present. The interferometer, which utilizes grazing-incidence diffr...

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Autores principales: Filevich, J., Kanizay, K., Marconi, M.C., Chilla, J.L.A., Rocca, J.J.
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Sumario:We report the demonstration of an amplitude-division soft-x-ray interferometer that can be used to generate high-contrast interferograms at the wavelength of any of the saturated soft-x-ray lasers (5.6-46.9 nm) that are available at present. The interferometer, which utilizes grazing-incidence diffraction gratings as beam splitters in a modified Mach-Zehnder configuration, was used in combination with a tabletop 46.9-nm laser to probe a large-scale (∼2.7-mm-long) laser-created plasma. © 2000 Optical Society of America.