Title :
Development and application of plasma-waveguide based soft x-ray lasers
Author :
Wang, Jyhpyng ; Lin, Jiunn-Yuan ; Chen, Szu-Yuan ; Chu, Hsu-Shin ; Chou, Ming-Chang ; Lin, Ping-Hsun
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Atomic & Mol. Sci., Acad. Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
Abstract :
Efficient soft X-ray lasing was achieved by using plasma waveguide to confine the pump beam. Seeding the laser with high-harmonic generation yields small divergence, high coherence, and controlled polarization. Application in digital holographic microscopy was demonstrated.
Keywords :
X-ray lasers; holography; laser beam applications; laser beams; optical harmonic generation; optical microscopy; optical pumping; plasma filled waveguides; digital holographic microscopy; high-harmonic generation; laser seeding; plasma waveguide; pump beam; soft X-ray lasers; Laser beams; Laser excitation; Particle beams; Plasma applications; Plasma confinement; Plasma waves; Plasma x-ray sources; Pump lasers; Waveguide lasers; X-ray lasers; plasma waveguide; soft x-ray laser;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers & Electro Optics & The Pacific Rim Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009. CLEO/PACIFIC RIM '09. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Shanghai
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3829-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3830-3
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2009.5292350
