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Intense XUV emission generated by a capillary discharge based apparatus

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We present the characterization of an apparatus generating XUV radiation by a high peak value (20–40) kA and short rise time (≈ 20 ns) current pulse in a capillary discharge channel (up to 20 cm in length) filled by argon gas. The apparatus has been developed with the purpose of production of an intensive spontaneous emission in the spectral region of (2–50) nm and study of the z-pinch conditions for obtaining the laser generation in the Nelike Ar at 46.9 nm. The current pulses are generated by the direct discharge of a 7 nF water dielectric capacitor resonantly charged up to 400 kV by a six-stages Marx generator. The XUV radiation emitted during the radial compression of the plasma column is measured using calibrated PIN diodes, filters and multilayer mirrors in order to test the z-pinch plasma collapse and to measure the conversion efficiency of the electrical energy into the XUV radiation.

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  1. Department of Physics, University of L’Aquila, INFM-INFN-LNGS, 67010, Coppito, L’Aquila, Italy

    G. Tomassetti, A. Ritucci, L. Palladino, L. Reale & O. Consorte

  2. Department of Experimental Physics, University of Pécs, Ifjúság ú. 6, 7624, Pécs, Hungary

    S. V. Kukhlevsky & I. Zs. Kozma

  3. ENEA Dipartimento Innovazione, Divisione Fisica Applicata, Centro Ricerche Frascati, C.P. 65, 00044, Italy

    F. Flora & L. Mezi

  4. Institute of Physical Engineering, Brno University of Technology, Technická 2, 616 69, Brno, Czech Republic

    J. Kaiser, O. Samek & M. Liška

  5. Department of Experimental Physics, University of Pécs, Ifjúság ú. 6, 7624, Pécs, Hungary

    J. Kaiser

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This work is supported by the Italian National Institute of Nuclear Physics and in part by the Italian National Institute of Matter Physics.

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Tomassetti, G., Ritucci, A., Palladino, L. et al. Intense XUV emission generated by a capillary discharge based apparatus. Czech J Phys 52, 405–416 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1014520520847

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