Abstract
It is almost a decade since the first tabletop x-ray laser experiments were implemented at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL). The decision to pursue the picosecond-driven schemes at LLNL was largely based around the early demonstration of the tabletop Ne-like Ti x-ray laser at the Max Born Institute (MBI) as well as the established robustness of collisional excitation schemes. These picosecond x-ray lasers have been a strong growth area for x-ray laser research. Rapid progress in source development and characterization has achieved ultrahigh peak brightness rivaling the previous activities on the larger facilities. Various picosecond soft-x-ray based applications have benefited from the increased repetition rates. We will describe the activities at LLNL in this area.
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Dunn, J. et al. (2007). Overview of Tabletop X-Ray Laser Development at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. In: Nickles, P., Janulewicz, K. (eds) X-Ray Lasers 2006. Springer Proceedings in Physics, vol 115. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-6018-2_1
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