High coherence injection-seeded table-top soft x-ray lasers at wavelengths down to 13.2 nm

  • J. J. Rocca
  • , Y. Wang
  • , F. Pedaci
  • , B. Luther
  • , M. Berrill
  • , D. Alessi
  • , E. Granados
  • , M. Man Shakya
  • , S. Gilbertson
  • , Z. Chang

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Abstract

We discuss the demonstration of soft x-ray lasers with essentially full spatial and temporal coherence at wavelengths down to 13.2 nm by high harmonic seeding of soft x-ray plasma amplifiers created by irradiation of solid targets. These lasers are demonstrated to produce the shortest pulses obtained to date from plasma-based soft x-ray lasers. A pulse duration of 1.13 ± 0.47 ps was measured for a seeded Ne-like Ti plasma amplifier operating at 32.6 nm using an ultrafast streak camera.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationX-Ray Lasers 2008 - Proceedings of the 11th International Conference
EditorsCiaran L.S. Lewis, Dave Riley
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media, LLC
Pages125-133
Number of pages9
ISBN (Print)9781402099236
DOIs
StatePublished - 2009
Externally publishedYes
Event11th International Conference on X-Ray Lasers, 2008 - Belfast, United Kingdom
Duration: Aug 17 2008Aug 22 2008

Publication series

NameSpringer Proceedings in Physics
Volume130
ISSN (Print)0930-8989
ISSN (Electronic)1867-4941

Conference

Conference11th International Conference on X-Ray Lasers, 2008
Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
CityBelfast
Period08/17/0808/22/08

Funding

Work supported by the Engineering Research Centers Program of the National Science Foundation under NSF Award Number EEC-0310717

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