Title :
Demonstration of soft X-ray laser driven by an all diode pumped CPA laser system
Author :
Curtis, Alden H. ; Reagan, Brendan A. ; Furch, Federico J. ; Luther, Bradley M. ; Wernsing, Keith A. ; Meehan, Shaun P. ; Rocca, Jorge J.
Author_Institution :
NSF ERC for Extreme Ultraviolet Sci. & Technol., Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO, USA
Abstract :
We report the demonstration of an 18.9nm soft x-ray laser pumped by a compact; all diode pumped chirped pulse amplification laser system producing 1J, 8.5ps pulses at 10Hz repetition rate.
Keywords :
X-ray lasers; chirp modulation; optical pumping; potassium compounds; solid lasers; ytterbium; yttrium compounds; KY(WO4)2:Yb; Yb:KYW oscillator; chirped pulse amplification; diode pumped CPA laser system; frequency 10 Hz; pulse repetition rate; soft X-ray laser; time 8.5 ps; wavelength 18.9 nm;
Conference_Titel :
IEEE Photonics Society, 2010 23rd Annual Meeting of the
Conference_Location :
Denver, CO
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5368-9
DOI :
10.1109/PHOTONICS.2010.5698866
