Abstract
Recent developments and progress on collision pumped soft X-ray lasers using the VULCAN glass laser at Rutherford-Appleton Laboratory are presented. This includes saturated output operation of a double target germanium system within a low Fresnel number half-cavity, measurement of the spatial coherence of the output beam in the above and other geometries, use of the beam to demonstrate almost-equal-to 0.15 mum spatial resolution in a full-field microscope and initial studies of other Ne-like and Ni-like systems. Future directions, in the light of new developments of VULCAN facilities, are outlined.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 23-30 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS CONFERENCE SERIES |
Volume | 125 |
Publication status | Published - 1992 |