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

Patent · Fri Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1988

OSTI ID:866533

MacGowan, Brian J ^[1]; Matthews, Dennis L ^[2]; Trebes, James E ^[1]

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1. Livermore, CA
2. El Granada, CA

A method and apparatus is disclosed for producing ultraviolet or X-ray laser pulses of short duration (32). An ultraviolet or X-ray laser pulse of long duration (12) is progressively refracted, across the surface of an opaque barrier (28), by a streaming plasma (22) that is produced by illuminating a solid target (16, 18) with a pulse of conventional line focused high power laser radiation (20). The short pulse of ultraviolet or X-ray laser radiation (32), which may be amplified to high power (40, 42), is separated out by passage through a slit aperture (30) in the opaque barrier (28).

• Research Organization: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-48
• Assignee: United States of America as represented by United States (Washington, DC)
• Patent Number(s): US 4731786
• OSTI ID: 866533
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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