The use of CaF2 (Dy) thermoluminescent dosimeters to diagnose the X-radiation from 1.06 μ laser-produced plasmas is described. The TLD's have been used in various cassettes to measure total X-ray yield and the X-ray continuum out to ∼100 kev. Described are experiments pertaining to maintenance and recovery of TLD soft X-ray response, their linearity, insensitivity to 1.06 μ laser light, and energy calibration. Also, described are the TLD attenuation experiments in the “soft” and “hard” components of the laser plasma X-ray spectrum.
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