Artigo Acesso aberto Revisado por pares

Observation of a Multiply Ionized Plasma with Index of Refraction Greater than One

2005; American Physical Society; Volume: 94; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1103/physrevlett.94.035005

ISSN

1092-0145

Autores

Jorge Filevich, J. J. Rocca, M. C. Marconi, Stephen J. Moon, Joseph Nilsen, J. H. Scofield, James Dunn, R. F. Smith, R. Keenan, James Hunter, Vyacheslav N. Shlyaptsev,

Tópico(s)

Laser-induced spectroscopy and plasma

Resumo

We present clear experimental evidence showing that the contribution of bound electrons can dominate the index of refraction of laser-created plasmas at soft x-ray wavelengths. We report anomalous fringe shifts in soft x-ray laser interferograms of Al laser-created plasmas. The comparison of measured and simulated interferograms shows that this results from the dominant contribution of low charge ions to the index of refraction. This usually neglected bound electron contribution can affect the propagation of soft x-ray radiation in plasmas and the interferometric diagnostics of plasmas for many elements.

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