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X-Ray Lasers 2006

Proceedings of the 10th International Conference, August 20-25, 2006, Berlin, Germany

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  • © 2007

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  1. P.V. Nickles

    1. Max Born Institute for Nonlinear Optics and Short Pulse Spectroscopy, Max Bornstrasse 2A, Germany

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  2. K.A. Janulewicz

    1. Max Born Institute for Nonlinear Optics and Short Pulse Spectroscopy, Max Bornstrasse 2A, Germany

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  • A comprehensive source of reference of the acknowledged state-of-the-art in this specific area of laser and plasma physics

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Table of contents (89 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-IV
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  2. Overview of Tabletop X-Ray Laser Development at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Overview of Tabletop X-Ray Laser Development at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

      • J. Dunn, V. N. Shlyaptsev, J. Nilsen, R. F. Smith, R. Keenan, S. J. Moon et al.
      Pages 1-11

    3. Recent Progress in X-Ray Laser Development and Applications at LIXAM

      • A. Klisnick, D. Ros, G. Jamelot, S. Kazamias, M. Pitmann, K. Cassou et al.
      Pages 13-22

    4. A High Repetition-Rate, Petawatt Class Ti:Sapphire Laser Dedicated to Coherent X-UV Generation at LASERIX

      • F. Plé, M. Pittman, J-P. Chambaret, G. Jamelot
      Pages 23-27

    5. Recent Advances of the X-Ray Laser Research at APRC

      • K. Nagashima, M. Kishimoto, T. Kawachi, N. Hasegawa, M. Tanaka, Y. Ochi et al.
      Pages 29-36

    6. X-Ray Lasing Using the GRIP Scheme

      • J.E. Balmer, M. Grünig, C. Imesch, F. Staub
      Pages 37-43

    7. Development of 0.1-Hz Repetition Driver Laser for the TCE X-Ray Lasers

      • Y. Ochi, N. Hasegawa, T. Kawachi, K. Nagashima, M. Kishimoto, M. Tanaka et al.
      Pages 45-49

    8. Modulation of Plasma Density to Achieve Highly Efficient X-Ray Lasers With Good Beam Quality

      • J. Zhao, Q. L. Dong, J. Zhang
      Pages 51-60

    9. Origin of Microstructures in Picosecond X-Ray Laser Beams

      • O. Guilbaud, A. Klisnick, K. Cassou, S. Kazamias, D. Ros, G. Jamelot et al.
      Pages 61-68

    10. Focusing System for a Non-Normal Incidence Pumped, Sub-10 nm TCE XRL

      • D. Ursescu, C. Bischoff, T. Kühla, B. Zielbauer
      Pages 69-73

    11. X-Ray Imaging of the Heating Zone of Non-Normal Incidence Pumped XRL Plasma

      • B. Zielbauer, D. Ursescu, T. Kühl, S. Kazamias, K. Cassou, D. Ros et al.
      Pages 75-80

    12. Formation of an Elongated Plasma Column From a Gas Puff Target Irradiated With a Laser Beam Focused Using an Axicon

      • H. Fiedorowicz, A. Bartnik, R. Jarocki, R. Rakowski, M. Szczurek
      Pages 81-86

    13. Observation of Density Dip in a Pre-Formed Plasma: Toward Axial Pumping X-Ray Laser

      • T. Kawachi, N. Hasegawa, M. Nishikino, Y. Ochi, M. Tanaka, T. Utsumi et al.
      Pages 87-91

    14. Experimental Studies on Transient Ni-Like Ag X-Ray Laser Pumped With the Picosecond Pulsed Laser Facility at NLHPLP

      • J. R. Sun, Ch. Wang, Z. H. Fang, W. Wang, J. Xiong, J. Wu et al.
      Pages 93-97

    15. X-Ray Laser Source Using Ceramic Target

      • Y. Takemura, N. Yamaguchi, T. Hara
      Pages 99-105

    16. The Generation of X-Ray Laser Radiation on SOKOLP-P Laser Facility

      • A.V. Andriyash, O.V. Chefonov, D.A. Dmitrov, D.S. Gavrilov, A.G. Kakshin, E.A. Loboda et al.
      Pages 107-111

    17. Electron Temperature Measurements of Model Ne-Like X-Ray Laser Plasmas From Resonance keV Spectra

      • J. Nejdl, B. Rus, J. Kuba, T. Mocek, M. Kozlová, J. Polan et al.
      Pages 113-119

    18. Development of Plasma X-Ray Amplifiers Based on Solid Targets for the Injector-Amplifier Scheme

      • M. Kozlová, B. Rus, T. Mocek, J. Polan, P. Homer, M. Stupka et al.
      Pages 121-130

    19. X-Ray Laser Beam Shape Control: High-Res VIS and keV Imaging of the Amplifying Plasma

      • P. Homer, M. Kozlová, T. Mocek, J. Polan, B. Rus, M. Stupka
      Pages 131-137
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In summary, we have demonstrated intense x-ray lasing from nickel-like plasmas of Mo, Pd, Ag, and Sn by utilizing a short (8 ps) prepulse irradiating the target at a grazing angle of incidence of 22.5°, i.e., collinear with the 3 J, 8 ps main pulse. Saturated lasing has not been proved yet, but comparison with signal levels achieved in previous work suggests that saturation has well been reached in these experiments. This is supported by the fact that a large range of prepulse energies and time intervals gives rise to intense x-ray lasing, as has been demonstrated in the case of Pd. References 1. Yu.V. Afanas'ev and V.N. Shlyaptsev: 'Formation of a population inversion of transitions in Ne-like ions in steady-state and transient plasmas', Sov. J. Quant. Electron. 19, 1606, 1989. 2. M.P. Kalashnikov et al.: 'Saturated operation of a transient collisional x-ray laser', Phys. Rev. A 57, 4778, 1998; J. Dunn et al.: 'Gain saturation regime for laser-driven tabletop, transient Ni-like ion X-ray lasers', Phys. Rev. Lett. 84, 4834, 2000. 3. V.N. Shlyaptsev et al.: “Numerical study of transient and capillary x-ray lasers and their applications”, Proc. SPIE, Vol. 5197, 221-228, 2003; R. Keenan et al., “Efficient pumping scheme for high-average brightness collisonal x-ray lasers”, ibid., 213-220.

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From the reviews:

"This book is an excellent reference for researchers and professionals interested in the development of tabletop X-ray lasers. This 10th international conference brought researchers together who work on a wide spectrum of X-ray lasers … . In addition, the reader will find papers on higher-order harmonics generation as well as presentations on theory and simulations, including hydrodynamic simulations on laser plasma generation. … I highly recommend this comprehensive reference." (Axel Mainzer Koenig, Optics and Photonics News, December, 2007)

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  • Max Born Institute for Nonlinear Optics and Short Pulse Spectroscopy, Max Bornstrasse 2A, Germany

    P.V. Nickles, K.A. Janulewicz

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