A study of picosecond laser-solid interactions up to 10(19) W cm(-2)

PHYSICS OF PLASMAS 4:2 (1997) 447-457

Authors:

FN Beg, AR Bell, AE Dangor, CN Danson, AP Fews, ME Glinsky, BA Hammel, P Lee, PA Norreys, M Tatarakis

Comparison of the semiclassical and modified semiempirical method of spectral calculation

PHYSICAL REVIEW E 56:1 (1997) 936-946

Authors:

DJ Heading, JS Wark, RW Lee, R Stamm, B Talin

Demonstration of saturation in a Ni-like Ag x-ray laser at 14 nm

PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 78:20 (1997) 3856-3859

Authors:

J Zhang, AG MacPhee, J Nilsen, J Lin, TW Barbee, C Danson, MH Key, CLS Lewis, D Neely, RMN ORourke, GJ Pert, R Smith, GJ Tallents, JS Wark, E Wolfrum

Developments in XUV laser radiography of laser driven targets

Optica Publishing Group (1997) fb4

Authors:

MH Key, DH Kalantar, J Nilson, BA Remington, SV Weber, E Wolfrum, D Neely, SJ Rose, J Zhang, NS Kim, JS Wark, CLS Lewis, AG Mac Phee, J Warwick, A Demir, J Lin, R Smith, GJ Tallents

Extreme ultraviolet harmonic generation from ultra-intense picosecond laser-solid interactions: Results and perspectives.

INST PHYS CONF SER (1997) 211-220

Authors:

PA Norreys, M Zepf, M Bakarezos, M CastroColins, D Chambers, CN Danson, A Dyson, AP Fews, P Gibbon, MH Key, P Lee, P Loukakos, S Moustaizis, D Neely, SG Preston, FN Walsh, JS Wark, J Zhang, AE Dangor

Abstract:

Harmonic orders up to the 68th in first order diffraction and the 75th in second order have been observed during the interaction of a picosecond, 1053-nm laser pulse with a solid target for intensities of 10(19) Wcm(-2). Measurements of the conversion efficiency, spatial coherence, and angular distribution show that this source has already achieved a spectral brightness second only to collisional XUV lasers. Future directions of investigation are outlined.