Collisional exitation soft X-ray laser at 23.6 nm in a laser-produced cylindrical target

H. Daido, K. Murai, R. Kodama, G. Yuan, M.S. Schulz, M. Takagi, Y. Kato, D. Neely, A. MacPhee, Ciaran Lewis

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Abstract

We have tested soft X-ray lasing in neon-like germanium with cylindrical targets where wave guiding and plasma confinement may affect lasing. An intense soft X-ray laser beam of 0.05 MW peak power and a narrow beam divergence (8 mrad) was produced at 23.6 nm with a 4 cm long straight cylindrical target of 0.72 mm inner diameter. Bending the cylindrical target to form a toroidal shape increased the lasing intensity by a factor of 3 accompanied with reduction of the beam divergence from 8 to 6 mrad.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)129-133
Number of pages5
JournalApplied Physics B - Lasers and Optics
Volume62
Publication statusPublished - 1996

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