The hohlraum cavity is generally made out of gold (Au) and recently it has been shown that laser-target coupling efficiency can be increased by using cocktail or mixed targets such as gold-samarium (Au-Sm). We report here results of experiments performed on Au-Sm alloy in various spectral regions for various compositions. In these experiments, a 12 Joule/500ps Nd:glass laser has been used. It is observed that the soft x-ray emission in the spectral region 0.7 -1.56 keV is enhanced by about 40-50% by using a composition of Au:Sm:: 3:7 as compared to pure Au .However, in case of hard x-ray emission (3.2 -5 keV), there is a reduction in x-ray emission from Au-Sm target as compared to pure gold. This behaviour, that enhancement occurs in soft x-rays in the case of mixed Au-Sm targets is desirable in the ICF scheme.