A Soft X-Ray and Extreme U.V. Reflectometer Using a Laser Produced Plasma Source and a High Throughput Monochromator,

Abstract

Measurement in the soft x-ray and extreme ultraviolet regions of the spectrum have historically been hampered by the lack of bright, tunable source. Although synchrotron radiation sources are gradually filling this need, such facilities are not sufficiently compact and inexpensive to be within the reach of an average laboratory. The commercial availability of compact, inexpensive pulsed lasers has changed this picture. The high temperature plasma produced when the light from such a laser is focused upon a suitable metal or dielectric target emits x-rays and extreme ultraviolet radiation that can either be a rich line spectrum or a smooth and intense continuum, depending upon the target material. Such a source needs only monochromatization to make it useful for a wide variety of measurements and calibrations.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 05, 1992
Accession Number
ADP008054

Entities

People

  • E.m. Gullikson
  • J.h. Underwood
  • P.c. Batson
  • Viktor Nikitin

Organizations

  • University of California, Berkeley

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • High Temperature
  • Lasers
  • Line Spectra
  • Materials
  • Measurement
  • Metamaterial Absorbers
  • Pulsed Lasers
  • Radiation
  • Soft X Rays
  • Spectra
  • Synchrotron Radiation
  • Ultraviolet Radiation
  • X Rays

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Medical Imaging.
  • Spectroscopy.
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy