Progress with saturated soft X-ray lasers pumped by the Vulcan laser

被引：14

作者：

Lewis, CLS ^{[1
]}

Keenan, R ^{[1
]}

MacPhee, AG ^{[1
]}

Moore, B ^{[1
]}

O'Rourke, RMN ^{[1
]}

Tallents, GJ ^{[1
]}

Dobosz, S ^{[1
]}

Peschete, J ^{[1
]}

Strati, F ^{[1
]}

Wark, JS ^{[1
]}

Wolfrum, E ^{[1
]}

Pert, GJ ^{[1
]}

MacCabe, SP ^{[1
]}

Simms, PA ^{[1
]}

Allott, R ^{[1
]}

Collier, J ^{[1
]}

Danson, CN ^{[1
]}

Djaoui, A ^{[1
]}

Neely, D ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Queens Univ Belfast, Sch Math & Phys, Belfast BT7 1NN, Antrim, North Ireland

来源：

SOFT X-RAY LASERS AND APPLICATIONS III | 1999年 / 3776卷

关键词：

x-ray laser; travelling wave; non-linear optics;

D O I：

10.1117/12.366679

中图分类号：

O43 [光学];

学科分类号：

070207 ; 0803 ;

摘要：

Ne-like and Ni-like ions have been pumped in the transient gain regime using intense picosecond pump pulses from Vulcan in its CPA mode. High gain coefficients of at least similar to 30/cm are observed for the Ne-like ions Ti XIII, Ge XXIII and Sn XXIII at wavelengths 31.2, 19.6 and 12.0 nm respectively and similar to 20/cm for the Ni-like ion Sm XXXV at 7.3 nm. Saturated output is found in all cases for target lengths shorter than 10 mm and the effect of travelling wave pumping has been studied and unequivocably demonstrated. An experimental campaign to observe four wave mixing using a soft x-ray laser and an optical laser in a sum-difference frequency mixing (SDFM) scheme has been initiated. Preliminary results are described and future directions discussed.

引用

页码：292 / 301

页数：10

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