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The basic requirements for an x-ray laser are discussed. Consideration is given to producing soft x-ray laser action by focussing high power radiation from an Nd: glass laser on solid targets. equirements for x-ray laser gain, pump power and the volume of the laser medium are derived. The feasibility of soft x-ray lasers is compared to that of hard x-ray lasers. Proposed methods to create inversion and current experimental efforts are described.
Presented at the Third Workshop on “Laser Interaction and Related Plasma Phenomena” held at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, August 13–17, 1973.
This work is supported by the U. S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research.
Supported by the National Science Foundation.
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Lax, B., Guenther, A.H., Cohn, D.R., Halverson, W. (1974). Feasibility of X-Ray Lasers. In: Schwarz, H.J., Hora, H. (eds) Laser Interaction and Related Plasma Phenomena. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-8416-8_22
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