Measurement of 1-ps soft-x-ray laser pulses from an injection-seeded plasma amplifier

Y. Wang; M. Berrill; F. Pedaci; M. M. Shakya; S. Gilbertson; Zenghu Chang; E. Granados; B. M. Luther; M. A. Larotonda; J. J. Rocca

doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.79.023810

Measurement of 1-ps soft-x-ray laser pulses from an injection-seeded plasma amplifier

Y. Wang, M. Berrill, F. Pedaci, M. M. Shakya, S. Gilbertson, Zenghu Chang, E. Granados, B. M. Luther, M. A. Larotonda, J. J. Rocca

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We report on a pulsewidth measurement of phase-coherent soft x-ray laser pulses generated by injection seeding a solid-target plasma amplifier with high harmonic pulses. 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. This is the shortest pulse duration reported to date from a table-top soft x-ray laser amplifier. The result agrees with model simulations which suggest that intense femtosecond soft x-ray laser pulses could be obtained by injection seeding a tailored plasma amplifier in which the gain is confined to a high density region.

Original language	English
Article number	023810
Journal	Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics
Volume	79
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.79.023810
State	Published - Feb 2 2009
Externally published	Yes

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Measurement of 1-ps soft-x-ray laser pulses from an injection-seeded plasma amplifier

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