Abstract
In the paper, an X-ray spectroscopy-based approach on laser pulse temporal profile characterization is described. The structure of dielectronic satellites to H-like Lyα lines strongly depends on a plasma electron density, so it can be applied for diagnostics. These spectral lines are mainly emitted during initial stage of laser plasma expansion. It means that plasma parameters obtained via them characterizes matter conditions in a region surrounding a spot of laser-matter interaction. In the case when a laser contrast is high enough, the radiation interacts with cold matter, which had not been preliminary perturbed by a laser prepulse, and the satellites structure shape corresponding to high densities should be observed. It allows us to consider the satellites as a diagnostic tool for the laser temporal profile quality. In the paper dependencies of the dielectronic satellites structure on electron densities obtained from detailed kinetic calculations in the wide range of plasma parameter for different elements are under discussion. Fundamental theoretical aspects of plasma diagnostic based on the feature of satellite structures shape in hot dense plasma, which led to development of the proposed method, are also explained.
Highlights
Interaction of high intensity laser radiation with matter in different states is a widely used method of investigation in the field of plasma physics
In the paper we suggest an X-ray spectroscopy method of indirect on-shot characterization of the laser pulse temporal profile
X-ray spectroscopy purposes the first stages of femtosecond laser plasma evolution
Summary
Interaction of high intensity laser radiation with matter in different states is a widely used method of investigation in the field of plasma physics. Investigations of high-order harmonic generation during solid-density plasma surfaces interaction described in [4] show that the use of plasma mirrors (a widely known way to improve the contrast, for details see [5]) allows us to improve the efficiency of the coherent wake emission mechanism [6] For this reason, it is crucially important to have an opportunity to monitor a temporal profile of laser pulses applied for experiments. X-ray spectroscopy is a widely used method for plasma diagnostics It is based on an obvious fact that plasma emission spectra (spectral lines intensities and their ratios, peak shape including peaks width and their shape generally) depend on plasma parameters (electron temperature Te and Ne ).
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