Expand this Topic clickable element to expand a topic
Skip to content
Optica Publishing Group

Application of a plasma waveguide to soft-x-ray lasers

Not Accessible

Your library or personal account may give you access

Abstract

A recently developed laser-produced plasma channel is shown to be a promising means to produce an efficient, compact soft-x-ray laser. The channel provides a route for efficient high-power laser pumping through optical waveguiding of the pump. The channel also acts as a waveguide for generated soft x rays, as it has wavelength-independent mode structure. It is shown that channel creation and guided laser pulses of moderate duration and energy can be highly effective in producing nonequilibrium gas density plasmas and candidate ions for collisional and recombination laser schemes. The nonequilibrium behavior of these plasmas can be exploited to generate substantial population inversions.

© 1995 Optical Society of America

Full Article  |  PDF Article
More Like This
Recombination x-ray lasers of heliumlike nitrogen ions in a plasma waveguide

Baifei Shen, Zhizhan Xu, Zhengquan Zhang, and Wei Yu
J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 14(4) 970-973 (1997)

Soft-x-ray spectroscopy of subpicosecond laser-produced plasmas

K. M. Krushelnick, W. Tighe, and S. Suckewer
J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 13(2) 395-401 (1996)

X-ray laser studies of recombining lithium plasmas created by optical field ionization

K. M. Krushelnick, W. Tighe, and S. Suckewer
J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 13(2) 306-311 (1996)

Cited By

You do not have subscription access to this journal. Cited by links are available to subscribers only. You may subscribe either as an Optica member, or as an authorized user of your institution.

Contact your librarian or system administrator
or
Login to access Optica Member Subscription

Figures (6)

You do not have subscription access to this journal. Figure files are available to subscribers only. You may subscribe either as an Optica member, or as an authorized user of your institution.

Contact your librarian or system administrator
or
Login to access Optica Member Subscription

Equations (2)

You do not have subscription access to this journal. Equations are available to subscribers only. You may subscribe either as an Optica member, or as an authorized user of your institution.

Contact your librarian or system administrator
or
Login to access Optica Member Subscription

Select as filters


Select Topics Cancel
© Copyright 2024 | Optica Publishing Group. All Rights Reserved