Optimization toward a high-average-brightness soft-x-ray laser pumped at grazing incidence

Summary, in English

We report the near-field imaging characterization of a 10 Hz Ni-like 18.9 nm molybdenum soft-x-ray laser pumped in a grazing incidence pumping (GRIP) geometry with a table-top laser driver. We investigate the effect of varying the GRIP angle on the spatial behavior of the soft-x-ray laser source. After multiparameter optimization, we were able to find conditions to generate routinely a high-repetition-rate soft-x-ray laser with an energy level of up to 3 mu J/pulse and to 6 x 10(17) photons/s/mm(2)/mrad(2)/(0.1% bandwidth) average brightness and 1 x 10(28) photons/s/mm(2)/mrad(2)/(0.1% bandwidth) peak brightness. (c) 2006 Optical Society of America.

• Author: K. Cassou; S. Kazamias; D. Ros; F. Ple; G. Jamelot; A. Klisnick; Olle Lundh; Filip Lindau; Anders Persson; Claes-Göran Wahlström; S. de Rossi; D. Joyeux; B. Zielbauer; D. Ursescu; T. Kuehl
• Department/s: Atomic Physics
• Publishing year: 2007
• Language: English
• Pages: 139-141
• Publication/Series: Optics Letters
• Volume: 32
• Issue: 2
• Links: http://www.opticsinfobase.org/abstract.cfm?URI=ol-32-2-139
• Document type: Journal article
• Publisher: Optical Society of America
• Topic: Atom and Molecular Physics and Optics
• Status: Published
• ISBN/ISSN/Other: ISSN: 0146-9592