Gain dynamics in quickly ionized plasma for seeded operated soft x-ray lasers

  • O. Guilbaud
  • , G. V. Cojocaru
  • , L. Li
  • , O. Delmas
  • , R. G. Ungureanu
  • , R. A. Banici
  • , S. Kazamias
  • , K. Cassou
  • , O. Neveu
  • , J. Demailly
  • , E. Baynard
  • , M. Pittman
  • , A. Le Marec
  • , A. Klisnick
  • , Ph Zeitoun
  • , D. Ursescu
  • , D. Ros

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Abstract

Harmonic seeded operation of a neon-like titanium plasmabased soft x-ray laser is described. The plasma amplifier is pumped with a variation of the grazing incidence technique involving a fast and localized ionization step. We discuss its effect on gain dynamics by measuring the amplifying factor as a function of the delay between pump pulse and harmonic seed. Two different regimes are pointed out, following the pumping scheme used. For one of them, a delay in the gain generation compared with the pumping laser pulse is observed.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)4775-4778
Number of pages4
JournalOptics Letters
Volume40
Issue number20
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 15 Oct 2015

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