Characteristics of a Ni-like silver x-ray laser pumped by a single profiled laser pulse

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2008, Pages

  Kim, H T ^a   Kim, C M ^a   Choi, I W ^a   Hafz, N ^a   Kang, H C ^a   Sung, J H ^a   Yu, T J ^a   Lee, S K ^a   Hong, K H ^a,b   Jeong, T M ^a   Noh, Y C ^a   Ko, D K ^a   Tummler J ^c   Nickles, Peter V ^c   Sandner, W ^c   Janulewicz, K A ^a,c   Lee, J ^a  

^a Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c MAX BORN INSTITUT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LASER BEAM EFFECTS; LASER PULSES; NICKEL; OPTICAL PUMPING; PUMPING (LASER); SAPPHIRE; SILVER;

COMPUTATIONAL MODEL; GAIN COEFFICIENTS; GRAZING-INCIDENCE PUMPING; INJECTION SEEDING; LASING CONDITIONS; SPATIAL CHARACTERISTICS; TI: SAPPHIRE LASER; TI:SAPPHIRE LASER SYSTEMS;

X RAY LASERS;

EID: 51849147599     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.25.000B76     Document Type: Conference Paper

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