Abstract
X-ray laser simulations based on Ehybrid code have shown that enhanced plasma x-ray laser emission can be achieved mastering the ionization dynamics and plasma temperature using one long and two short pulses (Ursescu and Ionel, J Optoelectron Adv Mat 12:48–51, 2010). In parallel, two simple methods to generate multiple short pulses for pumping x-ray lasers were reported in conjunction with x-ray laser developments. Five to ten fold enhancement in the emission of the silver x-ray laser was demonstrated using the newly developed pump methods, when compared with the traditional one, based on a long pulse followed by one short pump pulse. An overview of these recent experiments will be presented. The possible implementation of these novel x-ray laser pumping methods at Extreme Light Infrastructure—Nuclear Physics facility will be discussed.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
References
Ursescu, D., Ionel, L.: Gain and ionization dynamics in transient, collisionaly excited x-ray lasers. J. Optoelectron. Adv. Mat. 12, 48–51 (2010)
Reagan, B.A., Berrill, M., Wernsing, K.A., Baumgarten, C., Woolston, M., Rocca, J.J.: High-average-power, 100-hz-repetition-rate, tabletop soft-x-ray lasers at sub-15-nm wavelengths. Phys. Rev. A. 89, 053820 (2014)
Daido, H.: Review of soft x-ray laser researches and developments. Rep. Prog. Phys. 65, 1513 (2002)
Nickles, P.V., Shlyaptsev, V.N., Kalachnikov, M., Schnrer, M., Will, I., Sandner, W.: Short pulse X-Ray laser at 32.6 nm based on transient gain in Ne-like titanium. Phys. Rev. Lett. 78, 2748–2751 (1997)
Shlyaptsev, V.N., Dunn, J., Moon, S., Smith, R., Keenan, R., Nilsen, J., Fournier, K.B., Kuba, J., Osterheld, A.L., Rocca, J.J.G., Luther, B.M., Wang, Y., Marconi, M.C.: Numerical studies of transient and capillary x-ray lasers and their applications. In: Fill, E., Suckewer, S. (eds.) Soft X-Ray Lasers and Applications V, vol.5197, pp.221–228. SPIE, Bellingham (2003)
Keenan, R., Dunn, J., Patel, P.K., Price, D.F., Smith, R.F., Shlyaptsev, V.N.: High-repetition-rate grazing-incidence pumped X-ray laser operating at 18.9 nm. Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 103901 (2005)
Ursescu, D., Zimmer, D., Kuehl, T., Zielbauer, B., Pert, G.: Gain generation in the critical density region of a TCE XRL. In: Nickles, P., Janulewicz, K. (eds.) X-Ray Lasers 2006, Springer Proceedings in Physics, vol.115, pp.269–273 (2007)
Zimmer, D., Ros, D., Guilbaud, O., Habib, J., Kazamias, S., Zielbauer, B., Bagnoud, V., Ecker, B., Hochhaus, D.C., Aurand, B., Neumayer, P., Kuehl, T.: Short-wavelength soft-x-ray laser pumped in double-pulse single-beam non-normal incidence. Phys. Rev. A. 82, 013803 (2010)
Luther, B.M., Wang, Y., Larotonda, M.A., Alessi, D., Berrill, M., Marconi, M.C., Rocca, J.J., Shlyaptsev, V.N.: Saturated high-repetition-rate 18.9 nm tabletop laser in nickel-like molybdenum. Opt. Lett. 30, 165–167 (2005)
Kim, H.T., Choi, I.W., Hafz, N., Sung, J.H., Yu, T.J., Hong, K., Jeong, T.M., Noh, Y., Ko, D., Janulewicz, K.A., Tmmler, J., Nickles, P.V., Sandner, W., Lee, J.: Demonstration of a saturated Ni-like Ag X-ray laser pumped by a single profiled laser pulse from a 10-Hz ti:sapphire laser system. Phys. Rev. A. 77, 023807 (2008)
Banici, R.A., Cojocaru, G.V., Ungureanu, R.G., Dabu, R., Ursescu, D., Stiel, H.: Pump energy reduction for a high gain ag x-ray laser using one long and two short pump pulses. Opt. Lett. 37, 5130–5132 (2012)
Cojocaru, G.V., Ungureanu, R.G., Banici, R.A., Ursescu, D., Delmas, O., Pittman, M., Guilbaud, O., Kazamias, S., Cassou, K., Demailly, J., Neveu, O., Baynard, E., Ros, D.: Thin film beam splitter multiple short pulse generation for enhanced Ni-like Ag X-ray laser emission. Opt. Lett. 39, 2246–2249 (2014)
Ursescu, D., Ionel, L., Banici, R., Dabu, R.: Multiple ultra-short pulses generation for collinear pump-probe experiments. J. Optoelectron. Adv. Mat. 12, 100–104 (2010)
Banici, R., Ursescu, D.: Spectral combination of ultrashort laser pulses. EPL 94, 44002 (2011)
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2016 Springer International Publishing Switzerland
About this paper
Cite this paper
Ursescu, D. et al. (2016). Transient Collisionally Excited X-ray Lasers Pumped with One Long and Two Short Pulses. In: Rocca, J., Menoni, C., Marconi, M. (eds) X-Ray Lasers 2014. Springer Proceedings in Physics, vol 169. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-19521-6_6
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-19521-6_6
Published:
Publisher Name: Springer, Cham
Print ISBN: 978-3-319-19520-9
Online ISBN: 978-3-319-19521-6
eBook Packages: Physics and AstronomyPhysics and Astronomy (R0)