High repetition rate tabletop soft X-ray lasers with saturated output at wavelengths down to 13.2 nm

Yong Wang, Miguel A. Larotonda, Bradley M. Luther, David Alessi, Mark Berrill, Mario C. Marconi, Vyacheslav N. Shlyaptsev, Jorge J. Rocca

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Abstract

The importance of x-ray laser sources capable of producing high average powers in the development of metrology and processing tools for industry is described. Different x-ray lasing schemes reduce the necessary pump energy and enable high repetition rate laser operation in laser-created plasmas at shorter wavelengths. X-ray lasers at 5 Hz repetition rate produce microwatt average powers at wavelengths ranging from 13.2 to 32.6 nm in transitions of Ni-like and Ne-like ions. The use of table-top source is found to be feasible in developing high average power laser beams in the 100 eV spectral region for various applications.

Original languageEnglish
Pages26
Number of pages1
Volume16
No12 SPEC. ISS.
Specialist publicationOptics and Photonics News
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 2005
Externally publishedYes

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