Finite temperature dense matter studies on next-generation light sources

Journal article

The construction of short-pulse tunable soft x-ray free electron laser sources based on the self-amplified spontaneous emission process will provide a major advance in capability for dense plasma-related and warm dense matter (WDM) research. The sources will provide 1013 photons in a 200-fs duration pulse that is tunable from approximately 6 to 100 nm. Here we discuss only two of the many applications made possible for WDM that has been severely hampered by the fact that laser-based methods have been unavailable because visible light will not propagate at electron densities of ne ≥ 1022cm-3. The next-generation light sources will remove these restrictions. © 2003 Optical Society of America.

Authors: Lee, R; Moon, S; Chung, H; Rozmus, W; Baldis, H

• Publication status: Published
• Publisher: Optical Society of American (OSA)
• Journal: JOURNAL OF THE OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA B-OPTICAL PHYSICS
• Volume: 20
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 770-778
• Publication date: 2003-04-01
• DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.20.000770
• EISSN: 1520-8540
• ISSN: 0740-3224
• Language: English