Small-scale soft x-ray laser excited by a fast discharge: realization and characterization

Jorge J. G. Rocca; Fernando G. Tomasel; Mario C. Marconi; Vyacheslav N. Shlyaptsev; Juan L. A. Chilla; D. P. Clark

doi:10.1117/12.219571

15 September 1995 Small-scale soft x-ray laser excited by a fast discharge: realization and characterization

Jorge J. G. Rocca, Fernando G. Tomasel, Mario C. Marconi, Vyacheslav N. Shlyaptsev, Juan L. A. Chilla, D. P. Clark

Proceedings Volume 2524, National Science Foundation (NSF) Forum on Optical Science and Engineering; (1995) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.219571
Event: SPIE's 1995 International Symposium on Optical Science, Engineering, and Instrumentation, 1995, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

Experiments conducted at Colorado State University, which resulted in the first demonstration of large soft x-ray amplification in a discharge-created plasma, are reviewed. The most recent measurements, conducted in capillary discharges up to 20 cm in length, have yielded an amplification of approximately equals exp(14) in the 46.9 nm line of Ne-like argon. The dependence of the line intensity with discharge parameters and the dynamics of the capillary plasma column under lasing conditions are reported. Prospects for laser operation at shorter wavelengths are also discussed.

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Jorge J. G. Rocca, Fernando G. Tomasel, Mario C. Marconi, Vyacheslav N. Shlyaptsev, Juan L. A. Chilla, and D. P. Clark "Small-scale soft x-ray laser excited by a fast discharge: realization and characterization", Proc. SPIE 2524, National Science Foundation (NSF) Forum on Optical Science and Engineering, (15 September 1995); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.219571

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