Mordecai D. Rosen

TL;DR: Using three time-resolved, spectroscopic measurements, observations of amplified spontaneous emission at soft x-ray wavelengths are reported and gain-length products up to 6.5 and gain coefficients of 5.5 are demonstrated.

TL;DR: A high-speed streak camera detector was used to determine the duration of these x-ray pulses, and computer simulations of the plasmas agree with the experimental results, predicting that brighter and more efficient x-rays are obtained by the use of more intense laser pulses.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors describe the targets, the modeling that was used to design them, and the modeling done to set specifications for the laser system in the proposed National Ignition Facility.

TL;DR: Besides ionizing the Se to a Ne-like state, the laser explodes the foil, creating a region of uniform electron density that allows propagation of the x rays down the 1-cm-long gain direction without debilitating refraction.

TL;DR: It is concluded that wavelengths slightly longer than the 43.7-A carbon K-edge provide a good trade off between minimizing the necessary source power and the dose absorbed by the sample and maximizing the penetrability of the x-rays through wet samples.