GENERATION OF SMALL-DIVERGENCE SOFT-X-RAY LASER BY PLASMA WAVE-GUIDING WITH A CURVED TARGET

被引:102
作者
KODAMA, R [1 ]
NEELY, D [1 ]
KATO, Y [1 ]
DAIDO, H [1 ]
MURAI, K [1 ]
YUAN, G [1 ]
MACPHEE, A [1 ]
LEWIS, CLS [1 ]
机构
[1] QUEENS UNIV BELFAST,DEPT PURE & APPL PHYS,BELFAST BT7 1NN,ANTRIM,NORTH IRELAND
关键词
D O I
10.1103/PhysRevLett.73.3215
中图分类号
O4 [物理学];
学科分类号
0702 ;
摘要
We have studied plasma waveguiding in soft x-ray laser experiments. A curved-slab target was used in order to compensate for x-ray refraction in a gradient-density plasma. In addition to significant increase in the x-ray laser intensity in single-pass amplification, a small beam divergence of less than 1 mrad has been stably generated in double-pass amplification with the curved target. The angular intensity distribution of the double-passed beam indicates that the x-ray laser has been amplified in a plasma waveguide. © 1994 The American Physical Society.
引用
收藏
页码:3215 / 3218
页数:4
相关论文
共 22 条
  • [21] Wan Alex, COMMUNICATION
  • [22] EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF HIGH-GAIN NE-LIKE GE SOFT-X-RAY LASER BY DOUBLE-MASSIVE-TARGET COUPLING
    WANG, SJ
    GU, Y
    ZHOU, GL
    YU, SY
    FU, SZ
    NI, YL
    WU, J
    ZHOU, ZL
    HAN, GQ
    TAO, ZC
    LIN, ZQ
    WANG, SS
    CHEN, WN
    FAN, DY
    ZHANG, GP
    SHENG, JT
    PENG, HM
    ZHANG, TX
    SHAO, YF
    [J]. JOURNAL OF THE OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA B-OPTICAL PHYSICS, 1992, 9 (03) : 360 - 368