Development of injector/amplifier XUV lasers and initial studies of ultrashort pulse UV multiphoton ionization

Michael H. Key; W. J. Blyth; Gerald F. Cairns; A. R. Damerell; A. E. Dangor; Colin N. Danson; J. M. Evans; Graeme J. Hirst; M. Holden; Chris J. Hooker; J. R. Houliston; J. Krishnan; Ciaran L. S. Lewis; J. M. D. Lister; Andrew G. MacPhee; Z. Najmudin; David Neely; Peter A. Norreys; Allen A. Offenberger; Karoly Osvay; Geoffrey J. Pert; S. G. Preston; Stuart A. Ramsden; Ian N. Ross; Wilson Sibbett; Gregory J. Tallents; C. Smith; Justin S. Wark; Jie Zhang

doi:10.1117/12.167389

1 February 1994 Development of injector/amplifier XUV lasers and initial studies of ultrashort pulse UV multiphoton ionization

Michael H. Key, W. J. Blyth, Gerald F. Cairns, A. R. Damerell, A. E. Dangor, Colin N. Danson, J. M. Evans, Graeme J. Hirst, M. Holden, Chris J. Hooker, J. R. Houliston, J. Krishnan, Ciaran L. S. Lewis, J. M. D. Lister, Andrew G. MacPhee, Z. Najmudin, David Neely, Peter A. Norreys, Allen A. Offenberger, Karoly Osvay, Geoffrey J. Pert, S. G. Preston, Stuart A. Ramsden, Ian N. Ross, Wilson Sibbett, Gregory J. Tallents, C. Smith, Justin S. Wark, Jie Zhang

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Proceedings Volume 2012, Ultrashort Wavelength Lasers II; (1994) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.167389
Event: SPIE's 1993 International Symposium on Optics, Imaging, and Instrumentation, 1993, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

An injector-amplifier architecture for XUV lasers has been developed and demonstrated using the Ge XXIII collisional laser. Results are described for injection into single and double plasma amplifiers. Prismatic lens-like and higher order aberrations in the amplifier are considered. Limitations on ultimate brightness are discussed and also scaling to operation at shorter wavelengths. A preliminary study has been made of UV multiphoton ionization using 300 fs pulses at high intensity.

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Michael H. Key, W. J. Blyth, Gerald F. Cairns, A. R. Damerell, A. E. Dangor, Colin N. Danson, J. M. Evans, Graeme J. Hirst, M. Holden, Chris J. Hooker, J. R. Houliston, J. Krishnan, Ciaran L. S. Lewis, J. M. D. Lister, Andrew G. MacPhee, Z. Najmudin, David Neely, Peter A. Norreys, Allen A. Offenberger, Karoly Osvay, Geoffrey J. Pert, S. G. Preston, Stuart A. Ramsden, Ian N. Ross, Wilson Sibbett, Gregory J. Tallents, C. Smith, Justin S. Wark, and Jie Zhang "Development of injector/amplifier XUV lasers and initial studies of ultrashort pulse UV multiphoton ionization", Proc. SPIE 2012, Ultrashort Wavelength Lasers II, (1 February 1994); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.167389

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