Published February 20, 1998 | Version v1
Journal article

Implementation of a CPA line-focus travelling-wave for highly efficient saturated lasing of Ne-like Ti and Ge

  • 1. Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon, OX11 0QX (United Kingdom)
  • 2. Max Born Institut, Berlin (Germany)
  • 3. University of Essex, Colchester, CO4 3SQ (United Kingdom)
  • 4. Queen's University of Belfast, Belfast, BT7 1NN (United Kingdom)
  • 5. University of York, Heslington, York, YO1 5DD (United Kingdom)
  • 6. Clarendon Laboratory, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 3PU (United Kingdom)

Description

The development of X-ray lasers is marked by the progression toward shorter wavelengths using less drive energy. A recent X-ray laser experiment at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL) demonstrated saturated X-ray laser operation in the Ne-like Ti and Ge X-ray laser schemes at 32.6 and 19.6 nm respectively, with a drive energy of only a few joules. In this paper we describe the laser development to generate the laser drive pulses and travelling wave line-focus target irradiation geometry required for this experiment

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
AIP Conference Proceedings
Journal Volume
426
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 473-478
ISSN
0094-243X
CODEN
APCPCS

Conference

Title
International conference on superstrong fields in plasmas
Dates
27 Aug - 2 Sep 1997
Place
Varenna (Italy)

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
40059181
Subject category
S46: INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; S70: PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY;
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Conference
Descriptors DEI
DESIGN; FOCUSING; GERMANIUM IONS; IMPLEMENTATION; MULTICHARGED IONS; OPERATION; PULSE AMPLIFIERS; PULSE GENERATORS; PULSED IRRADIATION; TITANIUM IONS; TRAVELLING WAVES; WAVELENGTHS; X-RAY LASERS
Descriptors DEC
AMPLIFIERS; CHARGED PARTICLES; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT; FUNCTION GENERATORS; IONS; IRRADIATION; LASERS

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(c) 1998 American Institute of Physics.