Terahertz gas discharge: current progress and possible applications

AV Sidorov - Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Plasma created in focused beams of electromagnetic waves in the terahertz frequency
range is a fairly new object in gas discharge physics. The specified range, located between …

A point-like source of extreme ultraviolet radiation based on a discharge in a non-uniform gas flow, sustained by powerful gyrotron radiation of terahertz frequency …

MY Glyavin, SV Golubev, IV Izotov, AG Litvak… - Applied Physics …, 2014 - pubs.aip.org
The possibility and prospects of extreme ultraviolet (UV) point-like source development are
discussed in the present paper. The UV source is based on the discharge sustained by …

Anomalous plasma ionization balance induced by and metastable states

N Kimura, Priti, N Numadate, R Kodama, N Nakamura - Physical Review A, 2023 - APS
Metastable states in an atomic energy-level structure greatly influence atomic processes in
plasmas. In particular, high-energy long-lived metastable levels brought about by 5 s and 4 f …

Characteristics of extreme ultraviolet emission from mid-infrared laser-produced rare-earth Gd plasmas

T Higashiguchi, B Li, Y Suzuki, M Kawasaki… - Optics …, 2013 - opg.optica.org
We characterize extreme ultraviolet (EUV) emission from mid-infrared (mid-IR) laser-
produced plasmas (LPPs) of the rare-earth element Gd. The energy conversion efficiency …

Efficient extreme ultraviolet emission from one-dimensional spherical plasmas produced by multiple lasers

K Yoshida, S Fujioka, T Higashiguchi… - Applied Physics …, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
We demonstrate high conversion efficiency for extreme ultraviolet (EUV) emission at 6.5–6.7
nm from multiple laser beam-produced one-dimensional spherical plasmas. Multiply …

Spectral investigation of highly ionized bismuth plasmas produced by subnanosecond Nd: YAG laser pulses

T Wu, T Higashiguchi, B Li, G Arai, H Hara… - Journal of Physics B …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
The unresolved transition arrays (UTAs) emitted from laser produced bismuth (Bi) plasma
sources show potential for single-shot live cell imaging. We have measured extreme …

Systematic observation of EUV spectra from highly charged lanthanide ions in the Large Helical Device

C Suzuki, F Koike, I Murakami, N Tamura, S Sudo - Atoms, 2018 - mdpi.com
We have systematically observed extreme ultraviolet (EUV) spectra from highly charged ions
of nine lanthanide elements with atomic numbers from 60–70 in optically thin plasmas …

Influence of short pulse duration of carbon dioxide lasers on extreme ultraviolet emission from laser-produced plasmas

R Amano, TH Dinh, A Sasanuma, G Arai… - Japanese journal of …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
We describe the production of mid-infrared (mid-IR) short carbon dioxide (CO 2) laser pulses
with variable durations from 3 to 15 ns at a maximum pulse energy of 150 mJ/pulse using a …

XUV spectral analysis of ns-and ps-laser produced platinum plasmas

T Wu, T Higashiguchi, B Li, Y Suzuki… - Journal of Physics B …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
XUV spectra of ns-and ps-laser produced platinum (Pt) plasmas in the 1–7 nm wavelength
region, where Δn= 1 n= 4–5 and Δn= 0 n= 4-4 transitions dominate the observed emission …

-dependent crossing of excited-state energy levels in highly charged galliumlike lanthanide atomic ions

F Koike, C Suzuki, I Murakami, D Kato, N Tamura… - Physical Review A, 2022 - APS
Extreme ultraviolet (EUV) optical transitions of lanthanide highly charged ions have been
studied. The [Ni] 4 s 2 4 p–[Ni] 4 s 2 4 d and [Ni] 4 s 2 4 p–[Ni] 4 s 4 p 2 transition lines of …