7th International Conference on X-Ray Lasers

J. Phys. IV France 11 (2001) Pr2-583-Pr2-586
DOI: 10.1051/jp4:20012116

Capillary discharge experiment for collisional excitation soft X-ray laser

S. Kukhlevsky¹, J. Kaiser², A. Reale³, G. Tomassetti³, L. Palladino³, A. Ritucci³, T. Limongi³, F. Flora⁴ and L. Mezi<sup>4

1</sup>  Department of Physics, University of Pécs, Ifjúság ú. 6, Pécs 7624, Hungary
²  Institute of Physical Engineering, Bmo University of Technology, Technická 2, 61669 Bmo, Czech Republic
³  Department of Physics, Universita di l'Aquila, INFM, INFN-gc LNGS, 67010 Coppito, l'Aquila, ltaly
⁴  CR ENEA-Frascati, via E. Fermi, 00044 Frascati (Roma), ltaly

Abstract
The realization of a capillary discharge soft X-ray source, for soft x ray laser generation by high temperature (> 100 eV) plasma column excitation in small diameter (4 mm) ceramic capillary, is reported. Radiation at 46.9 nm, produced by a very fast high voltage pulse ([MATH], 300 kV) in Neon-like argon, according to a technique initiated by J.J. Rocca et al. [l], has been investigated by multilayer mirrors. Evidence is given for Z-pinch in the plasma column at about 40 kA, with associated X-ray generation. Application of this table-top X-ray source have been considered in different fields as X-ray microscopy and lithography.

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