We propose the use of mass-limited, line emitting cryogenic targets for SXPL, which permit a continuous supply of targets without the problem of particulate debris and excessive heating of multilayer optics by an intense x-ray flux in wavelength regions outside the multilayer bandwidth. In preliminary experiments we measured the oxygen line emission in the vicinity of 13 nm. The x-ray emitting plasma was produced by using a laser intensity of 2 X 10¹² W/cm² on the surface of an ice target. From the observed crater on target we can deduce that clusters are also ejected from cryogenic targets.

Date Published: 1 February 1994
PDF: 9 pages
Proc. SPIE 2015, Applications of Laser Plasma Radiation, (1 February 1994); doi: 10.1117/12.167993

Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 2015:
Applications of Laser Plasma Radiation
Martin C. Richardson, Editor(s)