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An extended ray-tracing study of the main pumping pulse (MP) focusing optics was made in order to develop a transient collisionally excited (TCE) x-ray laser (XRL) set-up for sub 10 nm wavelength by using non-normal incidence pumping. The study takes into account limitations determined by the large beam dimensions of the high energy MP. A setup using two off-the-shelf spherical mirrors is proposed, corresponding to a possible realization at the PHELIX laser facility.
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Ursescu, D., Bischoff, C., Kühla, T., Zielbauer, B. (2007). Focusing System for a Non-Normal Incidence Pumped, Sub-10 nm TCE XRL. 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_9
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