Method and apparatus for producing durationally short ultraviolet or x-ray laser pulses

Patent · Tue May 05 00:00:00 EDT 1987

OSTI ID:6868292

MacGowan, B J; Matthews, D L; Trebes, J E

A method and apparatus is disclosed for producing ultraviolet or x- ray laser pulses of short duration. An ultraviolet or x-ray laser pulse of long duration is progressively refracted, across the surface of an opaque barrier, by a streaming plasma that is produced by illuminating a solid target with a pulse of conventional line focused high power laser radiation. The short pulse of ultraviolet or x-ray laser radiation, which may be amplified to high power, is separated out by passage through a slit aperture in the opaque barrier.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-48
• Assignee: LLNL; EDB-88-178979
• Patent Number(s): PATENTS-US-A6046020
• OSTI ID: 6868292
• Resource Relation: Other Information: Portions of this document are illegible in microfiche products
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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