VUV/EUV ionising radiation and atoms and ions: dual laser plasma investigations
Kennedy, Eugene T.ORCID: 0000-0002-9312-1754, Costello, John T.ORCID: 0000-0003-4677-9999, Mosnier, Jean-PaulORCID: 0000-0002-9312-1754 and van Kampen, Paul
(2004)
VUV/EUV ionising radiation and atoms and ions: dual laser plasma investigations.
Radiation Physics and Chemistry, 70
(1-3).
pp. 291-321.
ISSN 0969-806X
The interaction of ionising radiation with atoms and ions is a key fundamental process. This report concentrates on studies of photoexcitation/photoionisation using laser-produced plasmas as continuum sources and synchronised laser plasma plumes to provide the absorbing atom or ion species. Examples from studies of the interaction of ionising radiation with atoms and ions ranging from few-electron atomic and ionic systems to the many-electron high atomic number actinides are reviewed and illustrate the advantages and limitations of the Dual Laser Plasma technique.