Experimental study of Z-pinch xenon plasma dynamics for extreme ultraviolet source

This paper describes the characteristic of EUV emission from the pulsed power driven Z-pinch xenon plasmas and the EUV emission volume associated with the plasma dynamics. A high speed visible camera placed in the direction of the angle of 30 degrees to the Z axis was employed to observe the three dimensional dynamics of the plasma. The experiment shows that the plasma is dynamics not only in the radial direction but also in the axial direction, suggesting that the axial plasma dynamics influences the EUV emissive volume. (author)