Title :
Coster-Kronig mediated inner-shell X-ray lasers pumped by 20 fs, 100-TW-class lasers
Author :
Toth, C. ; Dong-Eon Kim ; Barty, C.P.J.
Author_Institution :
California Univ., San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
Abstract :
Summary form only given. The development of keV X-ray lasers based on inner-shell atomic transitions requires extremely fast energy deposition on a target in order to effectively compete with the inherently fast (0.1-20 fs) atomic decay processes. The duration of ultrahigh peak power laser systems is now reaching this timescale. In principle, these systems can be used to produce sufficient duration and energy X-rays or electrons for pumping inner-shell transitions. In the paper X-ray laser schemes in which the Coster-Kronig Auger-process is the dominant lower level decay mechanism are described.
Keywords :
Auger effect; X-ray lasers; ion lasers; laser beams; laser transitions; optical pumping; population inversion; 0.1 to 20 fs; 100 TW; 20 fs; Coster-Kronig Auger-process; Coster-Kronig mediated inner-shell X-ray lasers; TW-class lasers; X-ray laser schemes; X-ray lasers; atomic decay processes; dominant lower level decay mechanism; extremely fast energy deposition; inherently fast atomic decay processes; inner-shell X-ray lasers; inner-shell atomic transitions; inner-shell transitions; keV X-ray lasers; pumped lasers; target; ultrahigh peak power laser systems; Electrons; Laser excitation; Laser modes; Laser theory; Laser transitions; Plasma density; Plasma measurements; Pulsed laser deposition; Pump lasers; X-ray lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 1999. CLEO '99. Summaries of Papers Presented at the Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-595-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.1999.834096
