Development and applications of short pulse soft X-ray lasers

Author

Da Silva, L.B. ; MacGowan, B.J. ; Koch, J.A. ; Mrowka, S. ; Matthews, D.L. ; Trebes, J.E. ; Eder, D.C. ; London, R.A.

Author_Institution

Lawrence Livermore Nat. Lab., Livermore, CA, USA

fYear

1993

fDate

7-9 June 1993

Firstpage

144

Abstract

Summary form only given. X-ray lasers with pulse duration shorter than 20 ps allow the possibility of imaging laser-produced plasmas with /spl mu/m resolution. The high peak brightness of these sources will make it possible to study nonlinear optics in the XUV extreme ultraviolet region. Efforts have been made to produce collisionally pumped short-pulse X-ray lasers. 45-ps (FWHM) X-ray lasers have been produced using a double pulse irradiation technique. The application of these lasers probing high-density plasmas has been considered.

Keywords

X-ray lasers; 20 ps; 45 ps; XUV extreme ultraviolet region; double pulse irradiation technique; high-density plasmas; imaging; laser-produced plasmas; nonlinear optics; pulse duration; short pulse soft X-ray lasers; High-resolution imaging; Image resolution; Optical imaging; Optical pulses; Plasma applications; Plasma sources; Plasma x-ray sources; Pump lasers; X-ray imaging; X-ray lasers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Plasma Science, 1993. IEEE Conference Record - Abstracts., 1993 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Vancouver, BC, Canada

ISSN

0730-9244

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1360-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PLASMA.1993.593415

Filename

593415