Discharge-pumped soft-x-ray laser in neon-like argon Rocca, Jorge J. ; Tomasel, F. G. ; Marconi, Mario Carlos ; Shlyaptsev, Vyacheslav N. ; Chilla, J. L. A. ; Szapiro, B. T. ; Gludice, G. "This work is supported by the National Science Foundation Grants No. ECS-9401952, No. ECS-9412916, and No. ECS-9412106, and by the Air Force Wright Laboratory." Starting with the discovery of x-ray lasers in 1984, laser-created plasmas remained for almost a decade, the only medium in which large amplification of soft-x-ray radiation could be obtained. In this paper the recent first demonstration of large soft-x-ray amplification in a discharge-created plasma column, realized utilizing a fast capillary discharge to collisionally excite the 46.9 nm transition of Ne-like, Ar is reviewed. Results of the parametrization of the Ar IX discharge-pumped amplifier, the study of the dynamics of its plasma column, and the measurement of the time history of the laser pulse are reported. Prospects for laser operation at shorter wavelengths are also discussed. Colorado State University. Libraries 1995 text ; image application/pdf ECEmcm00008.pdf FACFECEN100420ARTI eng c1995 American Institute of Physics
Discharge-pumped soft-x-ray laser in neon-like argon
Rocca, Jorge J. ; Tomasel, F. G. ; Marconi, Mario Carlos ; Shlyaptsev, Vyacheslav N. ; Chilla, J. L. A. ; Szapiro, B. T. ; Gludice, G.
"This work is supported by the National Science Foundation Grants No. ECS-9401952, No. ECS-9412916, and No. ECS-9412106, and by the Air Force Wright Laboratory."
Starting with the discovery of x-ray lasers in 1984, laser-created plasmas remained for almost a decade, the only medium in which large amplification of soft-x-ray radiation could be obtained. In this paper the recent first demonstration of large soft-x-ray amplification in a discharge-created plasma column, realized utilizing a fast capillary discharge to collisionally excite the 46.9 nm transition of Ne-like, Ar is reviewed. Results of the parametrization of the Ar IX discharge-pumped amplifier, the study of the dynamics of its plasma column, and the measurement of the time history of the laser pulse are reported. Prospects for laser operation at shorter wavelengths are also discussed.
Colorado State University. Libraries
1995
text ; image
application/pdf
ECEmcm00008.pdf
FACFECEN100420ARTI
eng
c1995 American Institute of Physics