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Demonstration of an efficient pumping scheme for a 7.36-nm Ni-like samarium soft x-ray laser
David RosSophie KazamiasVincent BagnoudJ. HabibT. KühlT. KühlOlivier GuilbaudD. ZimmerPaul NeumayerD. C. HochhausBastian AurandBastian AurandBoris EckerBoris EckerBernhard Zielbauersubject
Chirped pulse amplificationDistributed feedback laserMaterials scienceActive laser mediumbusiness.industryAstrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical PhenomenaFar-infrared laserPhysics::OpticsLaser pumpingLaserlaw.inventionOpticslawOptoelectronicsPhysics::Atomic PhysicsLaser power scalingLaser beam qualitybusinessdescription
The demonstration of a 7.36 nm Ni-like Sm soft x-ray laser pumped by 36 J of a Nd:glass chirped pulse amplification laser is presented. Double-pulse single-beam non-normal incidence pumping was applied for the efficient soft x-ray laser generation. Here the applied technique included a new single optic focusing geometry for large beam diameters, a single-pass grating compressor traveling-wave tuning capability and an optimized high energy laser double-pulse. This scheme has the potential for even shorter wavelength soft x-ray laser pumping.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010-04-30 | SPIE Proceedings |