X-RAY LASING BY OPTICAL-FIELD-INDUCED IONIZATION

被引:211
作者
AMENDT, P
EDER, DC
WILKS, SC
机构
[1] Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, University of California, Livermore, CA 94550
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.66.2589
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O4 [物理学];
学科分类号
0702 ;
摘要
A scheme for accomplishing tabletop x-ray lasing in Li-like Ne at 98 angstrom in an optically ionized plasma during recombination in the transient regime is presented. Saturation effects and parametric heating processes by stimulated Raman scattering are analyzed and found to allow energy efficiencies in excess of 10(-5) for a 100-fsec-duration, 0.25-mu-m laser driver of intensity 10(17) W/cm2. Significant improvement in efficiency is indicated for shorter laser pulse lengths.
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页码:2589 / 2592
页数:4
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