Observation of high transient gain in the germanium x-ray laser at 19.6 nm

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Warwick, PJ
Lewis, CLS
Kalachnikov, MP
Nickles, PV
Schnurer, M
Behjat, A
Demir, A
Tallents, GJ
Neely, D
Wolfrum, E
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[1] Queens Univ Belfast, Sch Math & Phys, Belfast BT7 1NN, Antrim, North Ireland
[2] Max Born Inst, D-12489 Berlin, Germany
[3] Univ Essex, Dept Phys, Colchester CO4 3SQ, Essex, England
[4] Rutherford Appleton Lab, Didcot OX11 0QX, Oxon, England
[5] Univ Oxford, Dept Phys, Clarendon Lab, Oxford OX1 3PU, England
[6] Univ York, Dept Phys, York YO1 5DD, N Yorkshire, England
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10.1364/JOSAB.15.001808
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
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The transient-excitation pumping scheme, in which a picosecond duration pulse rapidly heats the plasma preformed by a low-intensity nanosecond pulse, was used to pump the Ne-like germanium, J = 0-1 transition at 19.6 nm. A small-signal gain coefficient of 30 cm(-1) was measured for targets less than or equal to 5 mm long. (C) 1998 Optical Society of America.
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