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Characterization of a seeded optical-field ionized collisional soft x-ray laser

  • Laboratory d'Optique Appliquée, ENSTA, CNRS-École Polytechnique
  • Université Paris-Saclay
  • Laboratoire de Physique des Gaz et des Plasmas
  • Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences

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Abstract

By seeding an optical-field-ionized population inverted plasma amplifier with the 25th harmonic of an infrared laser we have produced a compact, diffraction- limited and Fourier-limited laser beam in the soft x-ray spectral range. This laser beam is emitted within a cone of 0.7 mrad at a repetition rate of 10 Hz at a central wavelength of 32.8 nm, The beam exhibits a regular Gaussian spatial profile, and wavefront distortions smaller than λ/17. The measured coherence time of 5.5 ps is equal to the duration of the lifetime of the amplifying plasma which shows that this source has reached the Fourier limit.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationX-Ray Lasers 2008 - Proceedings of the 11th International Conference
EditorsCiaran L.S. Lewis, Dave Riley
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media, LLC
Pages135-142
Number of pages8
ISBN (Print)9781402099236
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2009
Event11th International Conference on X-Ray Lasers, 2008 - Belfast, United Kingdom
Duration: 17 Aug 200822 Aug 2008

Publication series

NameSpringer Proceedings in Physics
Volume130
ISSN (Print)0930-8989
ISSN (Electronic)1867-4941

Conference

Conference11th International Conference on X-Ray Lasers, 2008
Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
CityBelfast
Period17/08/0822/08/08

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