Producing ultrashort, ultraintense plasma-based soft-x-ray laser pulses by high-harmonic seeding

D. S. Whittaker; M. Fajardo; Ph Zeitoun; J. Gautier; E. Oliva; S. Sebban; P. Velarde

doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.81.043836

Producing ultrashort, ultraintense plasma-based soft-x-ray laser pulses by high-harmonic seeding

D. S. Whittaker
, M. Fajardo
, Ph Zeitoun
, J. Gautier
, E. Oliva
, S. Sebban
, P. Velarde

Instituto Superior Técnico
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
Laboratory d'Optique Appliquée, ENSTA, CNRS-École Polytechnique

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Simulations show that intense plasma-amplified pulses of 100fs duration and below are feasible by seeding specifically tailored plasma with an ultrashort pulse of high harmonic radiation. Seeding overcomes gain narrowing by driving amplifying media into saturation earlier, and compensates for reduced gain resulting from boosting the lasing transition linewidth. We conclude that ultrahigh intensities (above 1016W cm^-2) could be reached.

Original language	English
Article number	043836
Journal	Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics
Volume	81
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.81.043836
Publication status	Published - 27 Apr 2010

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Producing ultrashort, ultraintense plasma-based soft-x-ray laser pulses by high-harmonic seeding

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