An investigation into the use of atomic datasets in simulations of the Ni-like gadolinium x-ray laser
Journal of Physics B Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics IOP Publishing 37:1 (2004) 225
41.8-nm Xe8+ laser driven in a plasma waveguide
Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics 70:2 (2004)
Abstract:
The results of the first experimental demonstration of a short-wavelength laser driven within a gas-filled capillary-discharge waveguide were described. The xenon gas was mixed with the hydrogen and strong lasing on the 4d 95d-4d95p transition in Xe8+ at 41.8 nm was observed. Analysis shows that lasing was strongly correlated with good guiding of the pump pulse and numerical simulations indicate that gain is likely to have been achieved over a significant fraction of the 30 mm length of the capillary. The success of this proof-of-principle experiment suggests that this and other short-wavelength lasers could be driven within waveguides of this type, leading to increased energy output and reduced beam divergence.Energy Levels and Radiative Rates for Li-like Ar XVI and Fe XXIV
Physica Scripta IOP Publishing 70:5 (2004) 295-303
Progress on collisionally pumped optical-field-ionization soft X-ray lasers
IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics 10:6 (2004) 1351-1362
Abstract:
We present the status of optical field ionization soft X-ray lasers. The amplifying medium is generated by focusing a high-energy circularly polarized 30-fs 10-Hz Ti: sapphire laser system in a gaseous medium. Using xenon or krypton, strong laser emission at 41.8 and 32.8 nm, respectively, has been observed. After presenting the basis of the physics, we present recent characterization of the sources as well as dramatic improvement of their performances using the waveguiding technique.Simulations of a photopumped X-ray laser using the H-like Cl−Li-like Se scheme
Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer Elsevier 83:2 (2004) 203-213