Gain-saturated 10.9 nm tabletop laser operating n at 1 Hz repetition rate

  • D. Alessi
  • , D. H. Martz
  • , Y. Wang
  • , M. Berrill
  • , B. M. Luther
  • , J. J. Rocca

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Abstract

We report the demonstration of a gain-saturated 10.9 nm tabletop soft x-ray laser operating at 1 Hz repetition rate. Lasing occurs by collisional electron impact excitation in the 4d 1S0-;4p 1P1 transition of nickellike Te in a line-focus plasma heated by a chirped-pulse-ampliflcation Ti:sapphire laser. With an average power of 1 W and pulse energy up to ∼2 J, this laser extends the ability to conduct tabletop laser experiments to a shorter wavelength.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)414-416
Number of pages3
JournalOptics Letters
Volume35
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 1 2010
Externally publishedYes

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