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Hindawi Publishing Corporation International Journal of Spectroscopy Volume 2011, Article ID 792131, 28 pages doi:10.1155/2011/792131 Review Article Spectroscopy Methods and Applications of the Tor Vergata Laser-Plasma Facility Driven by GW-Level Laser System M. Francucci, P. Gaudio, S. Martellucci, and M. Richetta Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Via del Politecnico 1, 00133 Rome, Italy Correspondence should be addressed to P. Gaudio, gaudio@ing.uniroma2.it Received 22 February 2011; Revised 15 April 2011; Accepted 3 May 2011 Academic Editor: Jozef Kaiser Copyright © 2011 M. Francucci et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. A review focused on plasma induced on solid target by GW-level pulsed laser source is presented. A description of the Tor Vergata laser-plasma source (TVLPS), at the Tor Vergata University in Rome, is given. Such a facility uses a 1 GW, tabletop, multistage Nd:YAG/Glass laser system, delivering infrared (IR) pulses with nanosecond width and 1064 nm wavelength (TEM00 mode). Its applications are discussed providing: wide analysis of IR → soft X-ray conversion efficiency (1.3–1.55 keV); measures and modeling of line emission in soft X-ray spectra, such as those from zinc plasma near Ne-like Zn XXI and from barium plasma near Ni-like Ba XXIX. Particular attention is devoted to high-n dielectronic Rydberg satellites for finding a useful diagnostic tool for plasma conditions. Dependence of plasma spectra on laser parameters is shown. Finally, microradiography applications are presented for t