Proposed recombination X-ray laser at 2 nm based on microstructured plasmas

Author

Kim, K. ; Murnane, Margaret M. ; Kapteyn, Henry C. ; Wang, H.

Author_Institution

Joint Inst. for Lab. Astrophys., Colorado Univ., Boulder, CO, USA

fYear

2000

fDate

7-12 May 2000

Firstpage

516

Lastpage

517

Abstract

Summary form only given.We present a model for a recombination XUV laser that is based on our experimental results on irradiating clusters with ultrashort (25 fs) pulses. Previous work has investigated the interaction of longer duration laser pulses with clusters. The heated clusters can be modeled as microstructured plasmas, that are heated by the femtosecond laser,and that cool as a result of expansion and radiation cooling. For certain conditions, population inversions can be created during the cooling of the hot clusters, because recombination can preferentially populate the upper levels.

Keywords

X-ray lasers; high-speed optical techniques; ion lasers; laser transitions; plasma production by laser; population inversion; 25 fs; clusters; heated clusters; hot clusters; irradiating clusters; longer duration laser pulses; microstructured plasmas; population inversions; radiation cooling; recombination; recombination X-ray laser; recombination XUV laser; ultrashort fs pulses; Argon; Electrons; Laser excitation; Laser transitions; Optical pulses; Oscillators; Petroleum; Plasma x-ray sources; Pump lasers; X-ray lasers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2000. (CLEO 2000). Conference on

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-634-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.2000.907331

Filename

907331