Title :
Soft X-ray laser pumped by a joule-class, all-diode-pumped laser system
Author :
Reagan, Brendan A. ; Furch, Federico J. ; Luther, Bradley M. ; Curtis, Alden H. ; Meehan, Shaun P. ; Rocca, Jorge J.
Author_Institution :
NSF ERC for Extreme Ultraviolet Sci. & Technol., Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO, USA
Abstract :
The first soft x-ray laser pumped by laser diodes is reported. Lasing was achieved on the 18.9 nm line of nickel-like molybdenum pumping with a Yb:YAG chirped pulse amplification system with 1 J energy.
Keywords :
X-ray lasers; chirp modulation; semiconductor lasers; ytterbium; YAG:Yb; all-diode-pumped laser system; chirped pulse amplification system; energy 1 J; nickel-like molybdenum pumping; size 18.9 nm; soft X-ray laser; Laser excitation; Pump lasers; X-ray lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
