Demonstration of lasing at 41.8 nm in Xe8+ driven in a plasma waveguide

A. Butler; A. J. Gonsalves; C. M. McKenna; D. J. Spence; S. M. Hooker; S. Sebban; T. Mocek; I. Bettaibi; B. Cros

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Demonstration of lasing at 41.8 nm in Xe⁸⁺ driven in a plasma waveguide

A. Butler, A. J. Gonsalves, C. M. McKenna, D. J. Spence, S. M. Hooker, S. Sebban, T. Mocek, I. Bettaibi, B. Cros

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Abstract

We describe the first demonstration of a collisionally-excited optical field ionisation laser driven within a gas-filled capillary waveguide. Lasing on the 4d⁹5d -4d⁹5p transition at 41.8 nm in Xe⁸⁺ was observed to be closely-correlated to conditions under which the pump laser pulses were guided well by the waveguide. Simulations of the propagation of the pump laser radiation show that gain was achieved over essentially the whole 30 mm length of the waveguide.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	105-118
Number of pages	14
Journal	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume	5197
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.507985
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2003
Externally published	Yes
Event	Soft X-Ray Lasers and Applications V - San Diego, CA, United States Duration: 6 Aug 2003 → 7 Aug 2003

Keywords

Femtosecond Pulses
High-Intensity
Short-wavelength laser
Waveguide
X-ray Lasers

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