X ray lasers Carrier concentration Interferometry Plasma diagnostics Diffraction gratings Capillary discharge lasers Charge coupled devices Dense laser-created plasma Dense plasma diagnostics Dense plasma interferometry Energy coupling Hydrodynamics Interferometers Laser beam effects Laser interferometry Laser produced plasmas Light absorption Light reflection Light refraction Neodymium lasers Nickel Optical beam splitters Optical resolving power Palladium Plasma collision processes Plasma conditions Plasma density Plasma probes Ray tracing Soft X-ray interferometry