Title :
Demonstration of a bright 50 Hz repetition rate table-top soft x-ray laser driven by a diode-pumped laser
Author :
Reagan, Brendan A. ; Wernsing, Keith A. ; Curtis, Alden H. ; Furch, Federico J. ; Luther, Bradley M. ; Patel, Dinesh ; Menoni, Carmen S. ; Rocca, Jorge J.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO, USA
Abstract :
We report the highest repetition rate table-top soft x-ray laser, 50Hz. Microjoule-level picosecond laser pulses were produced at λ=18.9nm by amplification in a molybdenum plasma generated by a 1 J diode-pumped chirped-pulse-amplification Yb-YAG laser.
Keywords :
X-ray lasers; chirp modulation; molybdenum; optical pulse generation; optical pumping; plasma production by laser; semiconductor lasers; solid lasers; ytterbium; yttrium compounds; Mo; YAG:Yb; diode-pumped chirped-pulse-amplification laser; energy 1 J; frequency 50 Hz; microjoule-level picosecond laser pulses; molybdenum plasma generation; repetition rate; table-top soft X-ray laser; wavelength 18.9 nm; Laser excitation; Laser theory; Optical fiber amplifiers; Pump lasers; Semiconductor lasers; X-ray imaging; X-ray lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1839-6
