Generation and pulsewidth characterization of high repetition rate soft x-ray lasers operating at 13.2 nm and 13.9 nm

We have demonstrated saturated lasing at 13.2 nm and 13.9 nm in Ni-like ions at a repetition rate of 5 Hz using a table-top pump laser. Streak camera pulse width measurement shows that Ni-like Cd transient lasers excited at grazing incidence have pulse durations of ~5 ps, corresponding to laser peak...

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Published inLEOS 2006 - 19th Annual Meeting of the IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society pp. 951 - 952
Main Authors Wang, Y., Larotonda, M.A., Berrill, M., Luther, B.M., Alessi, D., Rocca, J.J., Shakya, M.M., Gilbertson, S., Chang, Z., Shlyaptsev, V.N.
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 01.10.2006
Subjects
Cameras
Character generation
Laser excitation
Optical pulse generation
Optical pulses
Power lasers
Pulse measurements
Pump lasers
Space vector pulse width modulation
X-ray lasers
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Summary:We have demonstrated saturated lasing at 13.2 nm and 13.9 nm in Ni-like ions at a repetition rate of 5 Hz using a table-top pump laser. Streak camera pulse width measurement shows that Ni-like Cd transient lasers excited at grazing incidence have pulse durations of ~5 ps, corresponding to laser peak powers of 0.1-0.2 MW. Intense picosecond duration laser pulses in the 100 eV spectral region are available for the first time at high repetition rate for applications
ISBN:9780780395565
0780395565
ISSN:1092-8081
2766-1733
DOI:10.1109/LEOS.2006.279182