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Title: High Repetition Rate Grazing Incidence Pumped X-ray Laser operating at 18.9 nm

Abstract

We have demonstrated a 10 Hz Ni-like Mo X-ray laser operating at 18.9 nm with 150 mJ total pump energy by employing a novel pumping scheme. The grazing incidence scheme is described, where a picosecond pulse is incident at a grazing angle to a Mo plasma column produced by a slab target irradiated by a 200 ps laser pulse. This scheme uses refraction of the short pulse at a pre-determined electron density to increase absorption to pump a specific gain region. The high efficiency inherent to this scheme allows a reduction in the pump energy where 70 mJ long pulse energy and 80 mJ short pulse energy are sufficient to produce lasing at a 10 Hz repetition rate. Under these conditions and by optimizing the delay between the pulses, we achieve strong amplification and saturation for 4 mm long targets.

Authors:
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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
US Department of Energy (US)
OSTI Identifier:
15015882
Report Number(s):
UCRL-JRNL-204477
Journal ID: ISSN 0031-9007; PRLTAO; TRN: US0501696
DOE Contract Number:  
W-7405-ENG-48
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Physical Review Letters
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 94; Other Information: Publication date March 18, 2005; PDF-FILE: 17 ; SIZE: 0.5 MBYTES; PBD: 11 May 2004; Journal ID: ISSN 0031-9007
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
42 ENGINEERING; 70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY; 73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS; ABSORPTION; AMPLIFICATION; EFFICIENCY; ELECTRON DENSITY; LASERS; PLASMA; PUMPING; REFRACTION; SATURATION; TARGETS; X-RAY LASERS

Citation Formats

Keenan, R, Dunn, J, Patel, P K, Price, D F, Smith, R F, and Shlyaptsev, V N. High Repetition Rate Grazing Incidence Pumped X-ray Laser operating at 18.9 nm. United States: N. p., 2004. Web.
Keenan, R, Dunn, J, Patel, P K, Price, D F, Smith, R F, & Shlyaptsev, V N. High Repetition Rate Grazing Incidence Pumped X-ray Laser operating at 18.9 nm. United States.
Keenan, R, Dunn, J, Patel, P K, Price, D F, Smith, R F, and Shlyaptsev, V N. 2004. "High Repetition Rate Grazing Incidence Pumped X-ray Laser operating at 18.9 nm". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/15015882.
@article{osti_15015882,
title = {High Repetition Rate Grazing Incidence Pumped X-ray Laser operating at 18.9 nm},
author = {Keenan, R and Dunn, J and Patel, P K and Price, D F and Smith, R F and Shlyaptsev, V N},
abstractNote = {We have demonstrated a 10 Hz Ni-like Mo X-ray laser operating at 18.9 nm with 150 mJ total pump energy by employing a novel pumping scheme. The grazing incidence scheme is described, where a picosecond pulse is incident at a grazing angle to a Mo plasma column produced by a slab target irradiated by a 200 ps laser pulse. This scheme uses refraction of the short pulse at a pre-determined electron density to increase absorption to pump a specific gain region. The high efficiency inherent to this scheme allows a reduction in the pump energy where 70 mJ long pulse energy and 80 mJ short pulse energy are sufficient to produce lasing at a 10 Hz repetition rate. Under these conditions and by optimizing the delay between the pulses, we achieve strong amplification and saturation for 4 mm long targets.},
doi = {},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/15015882}, journal = {Physical Review Letters},
issn = {0031-9007},
number = ,
volume = 94,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue May 11 00:00:00 EDT 2004},
month = {Tue May 11 00:00:00 EDT 2004}
}