Streaked Sub-ps-resolution X-ray Line Shapes and Implications for Solid-density Plasma Dynamics

Kraus, B. Frances ; Gao, Lan ; Hill, K. W. ; Bitter, M. ; Efthimion, P. C. ; Hollinger, R. ; Wang, Shoujun ; Song, Huanyu ; Nedbailo, R. ; Rocca, J. J. ; Mancini, R. C. ; MacDonald, M. J. ; Beatty, C. B.; Shepherd, R.
Issue date: 2022
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Cite as:
Kraus, B. Frances, Gao, Lan, Hill, K. W., Bitter, M., Efthimion, P. C., Hollinger, R., Wang, Shoujun, Song, Huanyu, Nedbailo, R., Rocca, J. J., Mancini, R. C., MacDonald, M. J., Beatty, C. B., & Shepherd, R. (2022). Streaked Sub-ps-resolution X-ray Line Shapes and Implications for Solid-density Plasma Dynamics [Data set]. Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton University. https://doi.org/10.11578/1888277
@electronic{kraus_b_frances_2022,
  author      = {Kraus, B. Frances and
                Gao, Lan and
                Hill, K. W. and
                Bitter, M. and
                Efthimion, P. C. and
                Hollinger, R. and
                Wang, Shoujun and
                Song, Huanyu and
                Nedbailo, R. and
                Rocca, J. J. and
                Mancini, R. C. and
                MacDonald, M. J. and
                Beatty, C. B. and
                Shepherd, R.},
  title       = {{Streaked Sub-ps-resolution X-ray Line Sh
                apes and Implications for Solid-density
                Plasma Dynamics}},
  publisher   = {{Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Pri
                nceton University}},
  year        = 2022,
  url         = {https://doi.org/10.11578/1888277}
}
Description:

A high-resolution x-ray spectrometer was coupled with an ultrafast x-ray streak camera to produce time-resolved line shape spectra measured from hot, solid-density plasmas. A Bragg crystal was placed near a laser-produced plasma to maximize throughput; alignment tolerances were established by raytracing. The streak camera produced single-shot time-resolved spectra, heavily sloped due to photon time-of-flight differences, with sufficient reproducibility to accumulate photon statistics. The images are time-calibrated by the slope of streaked spectra and dewarped to generate spectra emitted at different times defined at the source. The streaked spectra demonstrate the evolution of spectral shoulders and other features on ps timescales, showing the feasibility of plasma parameter measurements on the rapid timescales necessary to study high-energy-density plasmas.

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