title: Measured response of multilayers to damaging fluxes.
abstract: We have measured the response of WC/C multilayers to x-ray fluxes on the order of 200 MW/cm2 using laser-generated plasmas and found that these multilayers will maintain near peak reflectivity for at least 1 ns but are eventually destroyed. A description of the experiments and data analysis methods is given. Transmission electron micrographs of WC/C multilayers before and after irradiation show melting to be the dominant damage mechanism. The results of the experiments will be compared with simulations.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Physics and Astronomy, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah 84602.
authors.forename: K J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Gray
authors.forename: L V
authors.initials: LV
authors.lastname: Knight
authors.forename: B G
authors.initials: BG
authors.lastname: Peterson
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Thorne
authors.forename: T W
authors.initials: TW
authors.lastname: Barbee
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Toor