Energy extraction and achievement of the saturation limit in a discharge-pumped table-top soft x-ray amplifier

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作者
Rocca, JJ
Clark, DP
Chilla, JLA
Shlyaptsev, VN
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[1] Department of Electrical Engineering, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.77.1476
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
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We report the generation of laser pulse energies up to 30 mu J at 46.9 nm in the plasma column of a fast compressional capillary discharge. Double pass experiments using an iridium mirror achieved a gain-length product greater than 25. The results provide the first clear evidence of saturated operation of a table-top soft x-ray amplifier.
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