Saturated output of a Ge XXIII x-ray laser at 19.6 nm

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作者
Zhang, J
Warwick, PJ
Wolfrum, E
Key, MH
Danson, C
Demir, A
Healy, S
Kalantar, DH
Kim, NS
Lewis, CLS
Lin, J
MacPhee, AG
Neely, D
Nilsen, J
Pert, GJ
Smith, R
Tallents, GJ
Wark, JS
机构
[1] QUEENS UNIV BELFAST, SCH MATH & PHYS, BELFAST BT7 1NN, ANTRIM, NORTH IRELAND
[2] RUTHERFORD APPLETON LAB, CENT LASER FACIL, CHILTON OX11 0QX, OXON, ENGLAND
[3] UNIV ESSEX, DEPT PHYS, COLCHESTER CO4 3SQ, ESSEX, ENGLAND
[4] UNIV YORK, DEPT COMPUTAT PHYS, YORK YO1 5DD, N YORKSHIRE, ENGLAND
[5] LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATL LAB, LIVERMORE, CA 94550 USA
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PHYSICAL REVIEW A | 1996年 / 54卷 / 06期
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10.1103/PhysRevA.54.R4653
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
We report on measurements of the saturated single frequency output of a Ge XXIII x-ray laser on the J=0-->1 transition at 19.6 nm from a refraction compensating double target driven by 150 J of energy from 75-ps Nd-glass laser pulses. The 19.6-nm line completely dominated the laser output. The output energy was measured to be 0.9 mJ in a beam of 6.6x30 mrad(2) divergence, corresponding to a conversion efficiency of 6 x 10(-6).
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页码:R4653 / R4656
页数:4
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