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Characterization of a dual-gas multi-jet gas puff target for high-order harmonic generation using extreme ultraviolet shadowgraphy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 May 2013

P.W. Wachulak ,
L. Wegrzynski ,
A. Bartnik ,
T. Fok ,
R. Jarocki ,
J. Kostecki ,
M. Szczurek  and
H. Fiedorowicz
P.W. Wachulak*
Affiliation:
Institute of Optoelectronics, Military University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland
L. Wegrzynski
Affiliation:
Institute of Optoelectronics, Military University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland
A. Bartnik
Affiliation:
Institute of Optoelectronics, Military University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland
T. Fok
Affiliation:
Institute of Optoelectronics, Military University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland
R. Jarocki
Affiliation:
Institute of Optoelectronics, Military University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland
J. Kostecki
Affiliation:
Institute of Optoelectronics, Military University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland
M. Szczurek
Affiliation:
Institute of Optoelectronics, Military University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland
H. Fiedorowicz
Affiliation:
Institute of Optoelectronics, Military University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland
*
Address correspondence and reprint requests to: P.W. Wachulak:Institute of Optoelectronics, Military University of Technology, ul. Gen. S. Kaliskiego 2, 00-908 Warsaw, Poland. E-mail: wachulak@gmail.com
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Abstract

Characterization measurements and modes of operation of a novel, dual-gas multi-jet target, developed for experiments on high-order harmonic generation, are presented. The target has been formed by pulsed injection of argon through a nozzle in a form of linearly oriented small orifices. The argon jets were separated with the helium jets formed by injection of helium through alternate orifices in the nozzle. The targets have been characterized by extreme ultraviolet backlighting at 13.5 nm wavelength. Density profiles for this type of targets have been obtained, to our knowledge, for the first time.

Keywords

EUV backlightingGas puff targetsHigh-order harmonic generation (HHG)Laser-matter interactionshadowgraphy
Type
Research Article
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Laser and Particle Beams , Volume 31 , Issue 2 , June 2013 , pp. 219 - 227
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2013 

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