Characterization of a 10 Hz double-pulse non-normal incidence pumped transient collisional Ni-like molybdenum soft x-ray laser for applications

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7451, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Zimmer, Daniel ^a,b,c   Zielbauer, Bernhard ^a,b   Guilbaud, Olivier ^a   Habib, Jamil ^a   Kazamias, Sophie ^a   Pittman, Moana ^a   Ros, David ^a   Bagnoud, Vincent ^b   Ecker, Boris ^b,c   Hochhaus, Daniel ^b,c   Kuehl, Thomas ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^b GSI HELMHOLTZZENTRUM FÜR SCHWERIONENFORSCHUNG GMBH   (Germany)

^c JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Double pulse non normal incidence pumping; High repetition rate; Table top; X ray laser

Indexed keywords

COHERENT RADIATION; DOUBLE PULSE; ENERGY RATIO; HIGH REPETITION; LINE-FOCUS; NI-LIKE; NORMAL INCIDENCE; PULSE DURATIONS; PULSE ENERGIES; PUMPING PULSE; RELIABLE OPERATION; SOFT X-RAY LASER; TABLE-TOP; TI:SAPPHIRE LASER SYSTEMS;

CORUNDUM; LASER BEAM EFFECTS; MOLYBDENUM; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; PUMPING (LASER); PUMPS; X RAYS;

X RAY LASERS;

EID: 70450228798     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.825224     Document Type: Conference Paper

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