Demonstration of a 100 Hz repetition rate soft x-ray laser and gain-saturated sub-10 nm table-top lasers

J. J. Rocca; B. A. Reagan; Y. Wang; D. Alessi; K. Wernsing; B. M. Luther; M. A. Curtis; M. Berrill; D. Martz; S. Wang; L. Yin; F. Furch; M. Woolston; D. Patel; V. N. Shlyaptsev; C. S. Menoni

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Demonstration of a 100 Hz repetition rate soft x-ray laser and gain-saturated sub-10 nm table-top lasers

J. J. Rocca, B. A. Reagan, Y. Wang, D. Alessi, K. Wernsing, B. M. Luther, M. A. Curtis, M. Berrill, D. Martz, S. Wang, L. Yin, F. Furch, M. Woolston, D. Patel, V. N. Shlyaptsev, C. S. Menoni

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We report the first operation of a table-top soft x-ray laser at 100 Hz repetition rate. This gain saturated laser produces 0.15mWaverage power in the 18.9 nm line of nickel-like molybdenum in the form of 1.5 μJ pulses. This is the highest average power reported to date from a compact coherent soft x-ray laser source operating at wavelengths shorter than 20 nm. The soft x-ray laser is excited by a diode-pumped chirped pulse amplification Yb:YAG laser that produces 1 J pulses of 5 ps duration. We have also demonstrated the efficient generation of sub-9 nm wavelength laser pulses of microjoule energy at 1 Hz repetition rate with a table-top laser. Gain-saturated lasing was obtained at 8.85 nm in nickel-like lanthanum ions. Isoelectronic scaling along the lanthanide series resulted in lasing at wavelengths as short as 7.36 nm. Simulations show that the collisionally broadened atomic transitions in these dense plasmas can support the amplification of sub-picosecond soft x-ray laser pulses.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	X-Ray Lasers 2012 - Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on X-Ray Lasers
Editors	Stéphane Sebban, Julien Gautier, Philippe Zeitoun, David Ros
Publisher	Springer Science and Business Media, LLC
Pages	215-225
Number of pages	11
ISBN (Electronic)	9783319006956
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-00696-3_35
State	Published - 2014
Externally published	Yes
Event	13th International Conference on X-Ray Lasers, ICXRL 2012 - Paris, France Duration: Jun 11 2012 → Jun 15 2012

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Name	Springer Proceedings in Physics
Volume	147
ISSN (Print)	0930-8989
ISSN (Electronic)	1867-4941

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Conference	13th International Conference on X-Ray Lasers, ICXRL 2012
Country/Territory	France
City	Paris
Period	06/11/12 → 06/15/12

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This work was supported by the NSF ERC for Extreme Ultraviolet Science and Technology under NSF Award EEC 0310717 and by the Chemical Sciences, Geosciences and Biosciences Division, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, U.S. Department of Energy using equipment developed under NSF Award MRI-ARRA 09-561, MB acknowledges the support of an Eugene P. Wigner Fellow for staff members Oak Ridge National Laboratory managed by UT-Battelle, LLC, for the U.S. Department of Energy under Contract DE-AC05-00OR22725.

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Rocca, J. J., Reagan, B. A., Wang, Y., Alessi, D., Wernsing, K., Luther, B. M., Curtis, M. A., Berrill, M., Martz, D., Wang, S., Yin, L., Furch, F., Woolston, M., Patel, D., Shlyaptsev, V. N., & Menoni, C. S. (2014). Demonstration of a 100 Hz repetition rate soft x-ray laser and gain-saturated sub-10 nm table-top lasers. In S. Sebban, J. Gautier, P. Zeitoun, & D. Ros (Eds.), X-Ray Lasers 2012 - Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on X-Ray Lasers (pp. 215-225). (Springer Proceedings in Physics; Vol. 147). Springer Science and Business Media, LLC. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-00696-3_35

Rocca, J. J. ; Reagan, B. A. ; Wang, Y. et al. / Demonstration of a 100 Hz repetition rate soft x-ray laser and gain-saturated sub-10 nm table-top lasers. X-Ray Lasers 2012 - Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on X-Ray Lasers. editor / Stéphane Sebban ; Julien Gautier ; Philippe Zeitoun ; David Ros. Springer Science and Business Media, LLC, 2014. pp. 215-225 (Springer Proceedings in Physics).

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Demonstration of a 100 Hz repetition rate soft x-ray laser and gain-saturated sub-10 nm table-top lasers. / Rocca, J. J.; Reagan, B. A.; Wang, Y. et al.
X-Ray Lasers 2012 - Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on X-Ray Lasers. ed. / Stéphane Sebban; Julien Gautier; Philippe Zeitoun; David Ros. Springer Science and Business Media, LLC, 2014. p. 215-225 (Springer Proceedings in Physics; Vol. 147).

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Rocca JJ, Reagan BA, Wang Y, Alessi D, Wernsing K, Luther BM et al. Demonstration of a 100 Hz repetition rate soft x-ray laser and gain-saturated sub-10 nm table-top lasers. In Sebban S, Gautier J, Zeitoun P, Ros D, editors, X-Ray Lasers 2012 - Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on X-Ray Lasers. Springer Science and Business Media, LLC. 2014. p. 215-225. (Springer Proceedings in Physics). doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-00696-3_35

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