title: Magnetoelectric confinement and stabilization of Z pinch in a soft-x-ray Ar(+8) laser.
abstract: Magnetoelectric confinement and stabilization of the plasma column in a soft-x-ray Ar(+8) laser, which is excited by a capillary Z pinch, via the combined magnetic and electric fields of the gliding surface discharge is experimentally demonstrated. Unlike soft-x-ray lasers excited by the conventional capillary Z pinches, the magnetoelectric confinement and stabilization of plasma do provide the laser operation without using any external preionization circuit.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Pecs, Pecs, Hungary.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Szasz
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kiss
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Santa
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Szatmari
authors.forename: S V
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Kukhlevsky