Title :
Table-top high energy short pulse driver for sub-10 nm soft X-ray lasers
Author :
Luther, Bradley M. ; Alessi, David ; Wang, Yong ; Yin, Liang ; Martz, Dale H. ; Woolston, Mark R. ; Rocca, Jorge J.
Abstract :
A high power, high repetition rate, Ti:Sa laser driver for the generation of table-top sub-10 nm soft X-ray lasers is discussed. It allowed lasing transition of Ni-like lanthanide ions at wavelengths down to 7.36 nm.
Keywords :
X-ray lasers; X-ray optics; chirp modulation; driver circuits; laser transitions; optical pulse generation; optical pumping; Al2O3:Ti; chirped pulse amplified laser sγstem; lasing transition; nickel-like lanthanide ions; soft X-ray lasers; table-top high energy short pulse driver; Laser excitation; Laser theory; Laser transitions; Pump lasers; Slabs; X-ray lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1839-6