Demonstration of a neon-like argon x-ray laser using a short-pulse laser-irradiated gas puff target

被引：2

作者：

Fiedorowicz, H ^{[1
]}

Bartnik, A ^{[1
]}

Dunn, J ^{[1
]}

Hunter, J ^{[1
]}

Nilsen, J ^{[1
]}

Osterheld, AL ^{[1
]}

Rakowski, R ^{[1
]}

Shlyaptsev, VN ^{[1
]}

Smith, RF ^{[1
]}

Szczurek, M ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Mil Univ Technol, Inst Optoelect, Warsaw, Poland

来源：

SOFT X-RAY LASERS AND APPLICATIONS IV | 2001年 / 4505卷

关键词：

x-ray lasers; laser-produced plasmas; x-ray optics; gas puff target;

D O I：

10.1117/12.450597

中图分类号：

O43 [光学];

学科分类号：

070207 ; 0803 ;

摘要：

In this work we demonstrate a soft x-ray laser with neon-like argon ions using a gas puff target irradiated with a combination of long 600 ps and short 6 ps high-power laser pulses with a total of 10 J energy. The gas puff target was formed by pulsed injection of gas from a high-pressure solenoid valve through a nozzle in the form of a narrow slit. The target was irradiated in a travelling-wave excitation geometry. Lasing was observed on the 3p S-1(0) --> 3s P-1(1), transition at 46.9 nm and the 3d P-1(1) --> 3p P-1(1) transition at 45.1 nm. Gain of 11 cm(-1) was measured on these transitions for targets up to 0.9 cm long.

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页码：179 / 185

页数：7

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