Saturated x-ray lasers

Gregory J. Tallents; G. Eker; F. Strati; S. J. Pestehe; J. Lin; Raymond F. Smith; Sandrine Dobosz; Andrew G. MacPhee; Ciaran L. S. Lewis; R. M. N. O'Rourke; R. Keenan; Geoffrey J. Pert; Simon P. McCabe; David Neely; Ric M. Allott

doi:10.1117/12.366656

21 October 1999 Saturated x-ray lasers

Gregory J. Tallents, G. Eker, F. Strati, S. J. Pestehe, J. Lin, Raymond F. Smith, Sandrine Dobosz, Andrew G. MacPhee, Ciaran L. S. Lewis, R. M. N. O'Rourke, R. Keenan, Geoffrey J. Pert, Simon P. McCabe, David Neely, Ric M. Allott

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Proceedings Volume 3776, Soft X-Ray Lasers and Applications III; (1999) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.366656
Event: SPIE's International Symposium on Optical Science, Engineering, and Instrumentation, 1999, Denver, CO, United States

Abstract

Saturated operation of an X-ray laser is desirable as a high output irradiance is obtained with reduced shot-to-short variation. The potential of saturated X-ray laser output in probing plasma samples is first investigated. The laser pumping requirements to scale Ni-like saturated X-ray laser output to shorter wavelengths is then analyzed using published atomic physics data and a simple 4-level laser model for gain. A model of amplified spontaneous emission has been modified to accurately predict experimentally observed saturation behavior obtained in different experiments at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory. In particular, the effects of traveling wave pumping with short duration (approximately 1 ps) laser pulses are investigated. Simulations of Ne-like Ge resonance line emission are compared to experimentally measured spectra.

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Gregory J. Tallents, G. Eker, F. Strati, S. J. Pestehe, J. Lin, Raymond F. Smith, Sandrine Dobosz, Andrew G. MacPhee, Ciaran L. S. Lewis, R. M. N. O'Rourke, R. Keenan, Geoffrey J. Pert, Simon P. McCabe, David Neely, and Ric M. Allott "Saturated x-ray lasers", Proc. SPIE 3776, Soft X-Ray Lasers and Applications III, (21 October 1999); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.366656

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