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Z-Backlighter facility upgrades: A path to short/long pulse, multi-frame, multi-color x-ray backlighting at the Z-Accelerator

Schwarz, Jens S.; Rambo, Patrick K.; Geissel, Matthias G.; Kimmel, Mark W.; Schollmeier, Marius; Smith, Ian C.; Bellum, John; Kletecka, Damon; Sefkow, Adam; Smith, Douglas; Athertona, Briggs

We discuss upgrades and development currently underway at the Z-Backlighter facility. Among them are a new optical parametric chirped pulse amplifier (OPCPA) front end, 94 cm × 42 cm multi layer dielectric (MLD) gratings, dichroic laser beam transport studies, 25 keV x-ray source development, and a major target area expansion. These upgrades will pave the way for short/long pulse, multi-frame, multi-color x-ray backlighting at the Z-Accelerator. © 2011 SPIE.